1 Chronicles 26:18

18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

1 Chronicles 26:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 26:18

At Parbar westward
A gate at the western wall; the Jewish writers generally interpret it an outward place, but Dr. Lightfoot ^F3 thinks it is the same with Parvar, which signifies suburbs, ( 2 Kings 23:11 ) , and which agrees with the description Josephus ^F4 gives of one of the western gates, that it led to the suburbs:

four at the causeway;
by which was the gate Shallecheth, ( 1 Chronicles 26:16 )

and two at Parbar;
the gate before mentioned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ib. (Prospect of the Temple, ch. 5.) sect. 2.
F4 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 15. c. 11. sect. 5.)

1 Chronicles 26:18 In-Context

16 for Shuppim and Hosah it was the west [gate] and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending highway. There were guards stationed at every watch.

17 There were six Levites each day on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses.

18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

19 Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the sons of the Korahites and Merarites.

20 From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God's temple and the treasuries for what had been dedicated.