1 Chronicles 9:23

So, they and their sons, were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, by watches.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 those who were chosen for door-keepers in the vestibule, were two hundred and twelve,—the same, in their villages, had registered themselves, the same, did David and Samuel the seer establish in their trust.

24Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates,—eastward, westward, northward, and southward.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12To these, belonged the courses of door-keepers, to the chiefs of the strong men, belonged charges, equally with their brethren,—to be in attendance in the house of Yahweh.

Nehemiah 12:45So they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the doorkeepers,—according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.

Ezekiel 44:14Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house,— As to all the labour thereof, and As to all which 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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