1 Chronicles 26:18

18 For the court to the west, four at the road, 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 went out] for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard.

17 To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two [by] two.

18 For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court.

19 These [were] the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

20 And of the Levites: Ahijah [was] over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.