1 Chronicles 9:27

For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

In Context

26For four strong men have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God.

28And some of them were appointed over the vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:30and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;

Jeremiah 35:4and Jechoniah, and the captivity of Judah: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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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