1 Chronicles 9:25

And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

In Context

24In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

26To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:7But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites, and all Juda did according to all that Joiada the high priest bad commanded: and they took every one his men that were under him, and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week.

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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