1 Chronicles 9:26

26 For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

1 Chronicles 9:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:26

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set
office
The four chief porters who were over all the two hundred and twelve, and had one over them, ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ) , these were never changed, nor went into the country villages; but were always upon the spot, and in their office, superintending the rest:

and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God;
see ( 1 Chronicles 26:20 ) .

1 Chronicles 9:26 In-Context

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

25 And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to time with these.

26 For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

27 and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning.

28 And [some] of them [are] over the vessels of service, for by number they bring them in, and by number they take them out.