another third shall be at the gate Sur; and the last third shall be at the gate behind the guards. You shall guard the palace on all sides,
and took the captains, the Carians, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they led the king down from the house of the Lord; they came through the guards’ gate to the king’s house, and Joash took his seat on the royal throne.
He gave them these orders: “This is what you must do: one third of you who come on duty on the sabbath shall guard the king’s house;
while the two of your divisions who are going off duty that week shall keep guard over the house of the Lord for the king.