It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of the LORD, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;

After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.