The priest replied, ‘The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it for yourself, then take it, for there isn’t another one here.’ ‘There’s none like it! ’ David said. ‘Give it to me.’
So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men #– #those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath #– #for the priest Jehoiada did not release the divisions.
Then he stationed all the troops with their weapons in hand surrounding the king #– #from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.