1 Chronicles 26

1 Chronicles 26:1

26:1-19 Details concerning the gatekeepers and the gates to which they were assigned by lot are given next. Here we find the Korahites (v. 1), “. . . their duty being to prevent the presumption of which their father was guilty (Num. 16). Such are the ways of God.” Here too is Obed-Edom, who sheltered the ark, after the death of Uzza (1Ch_13:14). God had not forgotten his faithfulness. Verse 18 means that there were four gatekeepers or temple guards at a causeway adjoining one of the gates, and two more at the other end of the causeway leading to Parbar, probably a court or colonnade extending west of the temple. 26:20-28 Some Levites were appointed to guard the temple treasuries, the spoils, and the freewill offerings that had been dedicated to the Lord. 26:29-32 A third group of Levites was set apart as officials and judges, one thousand seven hundred . . . west . . . of the Jordan and two thousand seven hundred on the east side of the river in Gilead.