1 Chronicles 9:25

Their relatives in their towns came every seven days at certain times to help them.

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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

24The gatekeepers were placed on four sides: east, west, north, and south.

26The four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were given the responsibility of looking after the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:7The two divisions that would normally go off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord's Temple for the king.

2 Chronicles 23:8The Levites and all the people of Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest told them. The commanders each brought his men, both those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty, for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed any of the divisions.

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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