“And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.” — 2 Kings 11: 4

IT’S A WARFARE

In our Focal Scripture, the priest summoned the rulers over hundreds, and captains of the guards, and brought them to the temple. These royal guards and palace guards were summoned in a bid to enthrone Joash as king of Judah. The new king was not going to emerge if there was no arrangement to guard him...