1 Chronicles 26:16

Shuppim and Hosah received the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the road that leads up. They were always guarded.

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In The King James Version

To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

In Context

15The lot for the south gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons.

17There were six Levites on duty every day at the east gate, four at the north gate, four at the south gate, and two at a time at the storehouse.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 25:8They cast lots for whatever responsibility they had, the least important equal to the most important, the teacher to the student.

2 Chronicles 9:4the food on the table, how his officials lived, how his servants operated and how they were dressed, the clothes of the waiters, and the burnt offerings he presented at the Lord's Temple, she was so astonished she could hardly breathe.

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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