1 Chronicles 9:23

And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge.

24The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12To these were assigned the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

Ezekiel 44:14They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that they shall do.

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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