Chronicles I 9:21

21 Zacharias the son of Mosollami keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Chronicles I 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:21

And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah
Some think this refers to one that was in the times of David; but it seems rather to respect one that was after the Babylonish captivity, see ( 1 Chronicles 26:1 1 Chronicles 26:2 ) though he and his brethren were in an office established in the times of David, and the order of which was now, as then, observed:

was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
who was the chief porter, and kept the door; either that led into the outer court, and kept out all unclean persons from entering there; or that which led into the court of the priests, that none but priests might enter there.

Chronicles I 9:21 In-Context

19 And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.

20 And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these with him.

21 Zacharias the son of Mosollami keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness.

22 All the chosen porters in the gates two hundred and twelve, these in their courts, their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge.

23 And these and their sons over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.