1 Chronicles 9:25

New International Reader's Version

From time to time, their relatives in their villages had to come to help them. They had to share their duties for a week at a time.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:5

He gave them a command. He said, “Here’s what you must do. There are five groups of you. Some of you are in the three groups that are going on duty on the Sabbath day. A third of you must guard the royal palace.

2 Kings 11:7

The rest of you are in the other two groups. Normally you are not on duty on the Sabbath day. But you also must guard the temple for the king.

1 Chronicles 24:19

That was their appointed order for serving when they entered the Lord’s temple. That order was based on the rules Aaron had given them long ago. Everything was done exactly as the Lord had commanded Aaron. The Lord is the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 9:24

The men who guarded the gates were on the four sides of the tent. They were on the east, west, north and south sides.

1 Chronicles 9:26

But the four main men who guarded the gates were Levites. They were trusted with the duty of taking care of the storerooms and the other rooms in the house of God.

2 Chronicles 23:4

Here’s what I want you to do. A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath day must guard the doors.

2 Chronicles 23:8

The Levites did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. So did all the men of Judah. Each commander got his men. Some of the men were going on duty on the Sabbath day. Others were going off duty. Jehoiada didn’t let any of the groups go.