1 Chronicles 26:18

New International Reader's Version

Two Levite guards were at the courtyard to the west. And four were at the road.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:11

Josiah removed the statues of horses from the entrance to the Lord’s temple. The kings of Judah had set them apart to honor the sun. The statues were in the courtyard. They were near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah burned the chariots that had been set apart to honor the sun.

1 Chronicles 26:16

Lots were chosen for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road. Those lots were chosen for Shuppim and Hosah. One guard stood next to another.

1 Chronicles 26:17

There were six Levites a day on the east. There were four a day on the north. There were four a day on the south. And there were two at a time at the storeroom.

1 Chronicles 26:19

Those were the groups of the men who guarded the gates. They belonged to the family lines of Korah and Merari.