Three companies of the guards to be stationed at the three approaches to the palace.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 11:5
2 Kings 11:5-6
5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.