2 Chronicles 23:4-14 –
Now this is what you are to do: A
third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to
keep watch at the doors, a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the
Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple
of the Lord. No one is to enter the
temple of the Lord except the priests and Levites on duty;
they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the others are to observe the Lord’s command not to enter. The Levites are to station
themselves around the king, each with weapon in hand. Anyone who enters the
temple is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.” The
Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each
one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were
going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. Then he gave the
commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields
that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. He stationed all the men,
each with his weapon in his hand, around the king—near the altar and the
temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple. Jehoiada
and his sons brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; they
presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him
and shouted, “Long live the king!” When Athaliah heard the noise of the
people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the Lord. She looked, and there was
the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the
trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing
and blowing trumpets, and musicians with their instruments were leading the
praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, “Treason! Treason!” Jehoiada
the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of
the troops, and said to them: “Bring her out between the ranks and put to the
sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “Do not put her to
death at the temple of the Lord.”
Deuteronomy
17:19-20 – It is to
be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to
revere the Lord his God and follow
carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not
consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the
left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his
kingdom in Israel.
Application:
- · The king was not above God’s law, any more than were the humblest of his subjects.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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