1 Chronicles 9:24

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

1 Chronicles 9:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:24

In four quarters were the porters
For, according to the Targum on ( 1 Chronicles 9:22 ) there were twenty four wards:

towards the east, west, north, and south;
and, as the same paraphrase has it, six wards to the east, six to the west, six to the north, and six to the south.

1 Chronicles 9:24 In-Context

22 The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted positions.

23 So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the Lord's house, the house of the tent.

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

25 Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to be with them seven days,

26 but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God's temple.