1 Chronicles 26:12

These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

In Context

11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All these, the sons and brothers of Hosah, were thirteen.

13Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 25:8And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 26:2-20

The Officers of the Levites. ( b. c. Date.) 1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar… Read the whole commentary →

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