1 Chronicles 26:16

Overview - 1 Chronicles 26
The divisions of the porters.
13 The gates assigned by lot.
20 The Levites that had charge of the treasures.
29 Officers and judges.
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1 Chronicles 26:16  (King James Version)
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
 


Hosah
1 Chronicles 26:10 1 Chronicles 26:11

Shallecheth
That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its courts, was cast out.

causeway
1 Kings 10:5 ; 2 Chronicles 9:4

ward against ward
That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.
12 ; 25:8 Nehemiah 12:24