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1 Chronicles 9:22 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 22
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.1 Chronicles 9:22 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 9:22 in context
20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- genealogyyâchasto enroll by pedigreeH3187 →
- villageschâtsêra yardH2691 →
- portersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- chosenbârarto clarify , examine, selectH1305 →
- twelveshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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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 ordinances and under the late want of ordinances.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-34