1 Chronicles 9:18

18 And until now in the companies of the sons of Levi these have been the porters in the king’s gate towards the east.

1 Chronicles 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:18

Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward
At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at the east of it; and here these porters were placed in the same order after the captivity, and their return from it, as before:

they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi;
or in the camp of Levi, which was placed around the tabernacle, as in the wilderness: the Septuagint version is, "these are the gates of the camp of the children of Levi"; at which these porters were placed.

1 Chronicles 9:18 In-Context

16 and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 And the porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the head.

18 And until now in the companies of the sons of Levi these have been the porters in the king’s gate towards the east.

19 And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the ministry, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; and their fathers, being over the camp of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

20 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the captain over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.