1 Chronicles 9:26

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10

So they went. They called out to the people who were guarding the city gates. They told them, “We went into Aram’s army camp. No one was there. We didn’t hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up. The tents were left just as they were.”

1 Chronicles 9:25

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.

1 Chronicles 9:27

They spent the night in their positions around the house of God. That’s because they had to guard it. They were in charge of the key that opened it each morning.

Nehemiah 13:5

He had also provided a large room for Tobiah. It had been used to store the grain offerings. The incense and the objects for the temple had been put there. And a tenth of the grain, olive oil and fresh wine had been kept there. That’s what the Law required for the Levites. That’s also what it required for the musicians and the men who guarded the temple gates. The gifts for the priests had been kept there too.

Jeremiah 35:2

“Go to the members of the family line of Rekab. Invite them to come to one of the side rooms in my house. Then give them wine to drink.”

Ezekiel 40:17

Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms and a sidewalk. They had been built all around the courtyard. Along the sidewalk were 30 rooms.