1 Chronicles 9:25 · KJV
“And their brethren, {which were} in their villages, {were} to come after seven days from time to time with them.”
— 1 Chronicles 9:25
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in {their} set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. {set...: or, trust} {chambers: or, storehouses}
1 Chronicles 9 — Context
So 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.
25And their brethren, {which were} in their villages, {were} to come after seven days from time to time with them.
26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in {their} set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. {set...: or, trust} {chambers: or, storehouses}
27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge {was} upon them, and the opening thereof every morning {pertained} to them.
Cross References
2 Kings 11:5
And he commanded them, saying, This {is} the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go {out} on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
2 Kings 11:7
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. {parts: or, companies: Heb. hands}