Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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Gill's Exposition
Concerning the divisions of the porters,.... Or doorkeepers, whose business it was to open and shut the doors of the temple, to keep all impure and improper persons from entering into it, or any of…
Adam Clarke
The divisions of the porters - There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to one of the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate…
Observe, I. There were porters appointed to attend the temple, who guarded all the avenues that let to it, opened and shut all the outer gates and attended at them, not only for the state, but for…
Cambridge Bible
1Ch 26:1-12 (cp. 1Ch 9:17-27). The Courses of the Doorkeepers
1. Concerning the divisions of the porters R.V. For the courses of the doorkeepers.
Korhites R.V. Korahites; 1Ch 9:19.
Meshelemiah … Asaph…
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