The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides -- east, west, north, and south.

Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court.

He placed troops in all of Judah's fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.