1 Chronicles 26:16

1 Chronicles 26:16

14 The lot for the East Gate fell to¹ Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate;

15 to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons the¹ storehouse.

16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ^aascending highway—watchman opposite watchman.

17 On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the¹ storehouse two by two.

18 As for the¹ Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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the gate Shallecheth—probably the rubbish gate, through which all the accumulated filth and sweepings of the temple and its courts were poured out.

by the causeway of the going up—probably the ascending road which was cast up or raised from the deep valley between Mount Zion and Moriah, for the royal egress to the place of worship (II Chronicles 9:4).

ward against ward—Some refer these words to Shuppim and Hosah, whose duty it was to watch both the western gate and the gate Shallecheth, which was opposite, while others take it as a general statement applicable to all the guards, and intended to intimate that they were posted at regular distances from each other, or that they all mounted and relieved guard at the same time in uniform order.

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