1 Chronicles 9:23

And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

Young's Literal Translation

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 those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.

24At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12According to these [are] the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones [are] charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,

Nehemiah 12:45And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing — according to the command of David [and] Solomon his son,

Ezekiel 44:14and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.

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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