1 Chronicles 9:24

At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

25And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after [every] seven days from time to time with them.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 8:14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

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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