1 In the seventh year Jehoiada decided to do something. He made an agreement with the commanders of the groups of a hundred men: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.
2 They went around in Judah and gathered the Levites from all the towns, and they gathered the leaders of the families of Judah. Then they went to Jerusalem.
3 All the people together made an agreement with the king in the Temple of God.Jehoiada said to them, “The king’s son will rule, as the Lord promised about David’s descendants.
4 Now this is what you must do: You priests and Levites go on duty on the Sabbath. A third of you will guard the doors.
5 A third of you will be at the king’s palace, and a third of you will be at the Foundation Gate. All the other people will stay in the courtyards of the Temple of the Lord.