Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 26:17
Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.
17. toward Asuppim ] R.V. for the storehouse.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Toward Asuppim two and two – It is conjectured that the store-house in question (1Ch 26:15 note) had two doors, to each of which two porters were appointed.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. Eastward were six Levites] It is supposed that there were more guards set at this eastern gate, because it was more frequented than the others. At each of the other gates were only four; at this, six.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Eastward were six Levites; for that being the chief gate of the temple, required a better guard.
Toward Asuppim, i.e., the house of Asuppim, as it is called, 1Ch 26:15, where also it is said to be on the south side; on which there seems to have been a double guard both belonging to Obed-edom, 1Ch 26:15, one at the south gate, and the other at Asuppim; here possibly the sacred treasures, mentioned 1Ch 26:20, &c., were laid up, and therefore a particular guard was necessary. See Poole “1Ch 26:15“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
17-19. Eastward were sixLevitesbecause the gate there was the most frequented. Therewere four at the north gate; four at the south, at the storehousewhich was adjoining the south, and which had two entrance gates, oneleading in a southwesterly direction to the city, and the otherdirect west, two porters each. At the Parbar towards the west, therewere six men postedfour at the causeway or ascent (1Ch26:16), and two at Parbar, amounting to twenty-four in all, whowere kept daily on guard.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Eastward were six Levites,…. The eastern gate, being the way of entrance into the temple, required more porters:
northward four a day; in the daytime, or every day, where was the gate Teri or Tedi, 1Ch 26:14, southward four a day: at the two gates of Huldah, 1Ch 26:15 and toward Asuppim two and two; which were two gates, two at each gate, 1Ch 26:15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) Eastward were six Levites.Literally, To the east the Levites were six; to the northward for the day four; to the southward for the day four; and to the Stores two two (i.e., two apiece, or two by two). We must supply for the day in the first clause, with the LXX.
Toward Asuppim two and two.The magazine appears to have had two doors, with two warders stationed at each.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eastward: 1Ch 9:24, 2Ch 8:14
Asuppim: 1Ch 26:15
Reciprocal: 2Ch 31:14 – the porter
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 26:17. Eastward were six Levites For that, being the chief gate of the temple, required a better guard. Toward Asuppim That is, the house of Asuppim, as it is called 1Ch 26:15, where also it is said to be on the south side; on which there seems to have been a double guard, both belonging to Obed-edom, (1Ch 26:15,) one at the south gate, and the other at Asuppim, where possibly the sacred treasures, mentioned 1Ch 26:20, &c., were laid up, and therefore a particular guard was necessary. See on 1Ch 26:15.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
26:17 Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim {i} two [and] two.
(i) Meaning two one day and two another.