Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
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Gill's Exposition
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,.... Over the host, over the Levites, and the chief of them; which is to be understood of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, in the time…
Barnes' Notes
Who hitherto waited - Translate, “Who to this day waits. These were the porters in the stations of the sons of Levi.” The words of the first clause refer to Shallum, and imply that, whereas Shallum…
Adam Clarke
The king's gate - That by which the kings of Judah went to the temple; see on Kg2 16:18 (note).
We have here a further account of the good posture which the affairs of religion were put into immediately upon the return of the people out of Babylon. They had smarted for their former neglect of…
Cambridge Bible
who i.e. Shallum(1Ch 9:17), called Shelemiahin 1Ch 26:14 (Meshelemiah, 1Ch 26:1). A family rather than an individual is meant.
the king's gate eastward That the king had an entrance into the Temple…
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