2 Kings 11:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do:

⁶ Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur: and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers: and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.

⁷ But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.