1 Chronicles 9:23

23 So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.

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1 Chronicles 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:23

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of
the house of the Lord
They that were appointed in David's time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary:

namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards;
that which was at Gibeon in David's time, and now one was erected until the temple was built.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 9:23 In-Context

21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting.

22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212 . These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office of trust.

23 So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD , even the house of the tent, as guards.

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.

25 Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

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[a]. Lit were "over the gates"

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1 Chronicles 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

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