1 Chronicles 9:25

Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

Majority Standard Bible

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 stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:7the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.

2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released 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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