Thomson(i)
4 Now this is what you must do, Let the third of you, the priests and Levites, come in on the sabbath, to guard the outer gates;
5 and a third of you be at the king's house, and the other third at the middle gate; and all the people in the courts of the house of the Lord;
6 and let none enter the house of the Lord, but the priests and the Levites. Such of the Levites as are on duty may come in for they are holy. But let all the people keep the watches of the Lord.
7 And let the Levites encompass the king round about, every man with his weapon in his hand; and whoever cometh into the house, let him be put to death. And they shall be with the king, when he cometh in and goeth out.
8 So the Levites and all the chiefs of Juda did according to all that Jodae the priest commanded them, and they took every man his men, who were to be on duty from the beginning to the end of the week; for Jodae the priest did not break the courses;
9 and Jodae gave them the swords, and shields, and arms which belonged to king David, and were in the house of God.
10 And when he had stationed all the people every one with his arms from the right corner of the house, to the left corner of the altar, and the house all around about the king,