1 Chronicles 9:23

23 And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

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.

1 Chronicles 9:23 In-Context

21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

22 All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.

23 And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

24 At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after [every] seven days from time to time with them.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'in charge.'