And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house
The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.
And the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the Lord on behalf of the king,
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