1 Chronicles 9:23

23 So they and their sons had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

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 And Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve when they were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel, the seer, ordained in their set office.

23 So they and their sons had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

24 Towards the four winds were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and Negev.

25 And their brethren, who were in their villages, came every seven days in their set times with them.