2 Kings 11:3-7
2 Kings 11:3
So he was kept hidden with her in the house of the Lord for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
2 Kings 11:4
Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent orders and brought the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the guards, and brought them to himself at the house of the Lord. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son.
2 Kings 11:5
And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house
2 Kings 11:6
(a third also shall be at the gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.
2 Kings 11:7
And two parts of you, all who go out on the Sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the Lord for the king.