2 Chronicles 23:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Levites and the people of Judah followed Jehoiada's orders. The guards going off duty were not allowed to go home, and so each commander had all his guards available—those going off duty as well as those coming on duty.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:9

The commanders followed Jehoiada's orders. Each one called together his guards—those coming on duty and those going off duty.

1 Chronicles 26:26

Shelomoth and his relatives were in charge of all the gifts that were dedicated to the LORD. These included the gifts that King David had dedicated, as well as those dedicated by the family leaders, army officers, and army commanders.

1 Chronicles 9:25

Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.

2 Chronicles 23:7

You Levites must protect King Joash. Don't let him out of your sight! And keep your swords ready to kill anyone who comes into the temple.

2 Chronicles 23:9

Jehoiada went into the temple and brought out the swords and shields that had belonged to King David, and he gave them to the commanders.