1 Chronicles 9:24

There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.

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In The King James Version

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

In Context

23So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

25And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 8:14And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 9:15-35

Genealogies; the Employment of the Priests. ( b. c. 1400.) 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and… Read the whole commentary →

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