1 Chronicles 9:24

Conservative English Version

There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple.

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10

They went back to Samaria and shouted up to the guards at the gate, "We've just come from the Syrian army camp, and all the soldiers are gone! The tents are empty, and the horses and donkeys are still tied up. We didn't see or hear anybody."

1 Chronicles 9:23

and now they guarded the temple gates.

1 Chronicles 9:25

Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.

2 Chronicles 8:14

Solomon then assigned the priests and the Levites their duties at the temple, and he followed the instructions that his father David had given him. Some of the Levites were to lead music and help the priests in their duties, and others were to guard the temple gates