1 Chronicles 9:23

Both they and their children had the oversight over the gates of the house of the Lord, [namely,] the house of the tabernacle, as watches.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

In Context

22All of these selected to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were recorded according to their genealogy in their villages; [and they were] those [whom] David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their trust.

24On four quarters were the gatekeepers, toward the east, the west, the north, and the south.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12These divisions of the gatekeepers, after the chief men, had the watch along with their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:45And kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and as singers and gatekeepers, according to the command of David, [and] of Solomon his son.

Ezekiel 44:14And I will appoint them to be keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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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