Porters
PORTERS
Kept the gates of private houses and of cities, 2Sa 18:26 2Ki 7:10 Mar 13:34 Joh 10:3 . The porters of the temple were Levites, at one period four thousand in number, divided into courses, 1Ch 16:42 23:5. They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 16:42 23:5.They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 26:1,13,19 2Ch 8:14 35:15. By night also they cheered the lonely hours with songs of praise, Psa 134:1-3 . We read, in 2Co 13:14, of the faithful service they rendered in protecting Joash and slaying Athaliah.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Porters
See Levi, and Levites.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Porters
Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king’s palace, and doors of the temple
1Ch 9:17-32; 2Ch 34:13; 2Ch 35:15
Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors
1Ch 9:27
One-third were porters of the temple
2Ch 23:4
One-third were porters of the king’s house
2Ch 23:5
One-third were porters of the Gate of the Foundation
2Ch 23:5
They served, also, as porters of the gates of the walls
Neh 12:25
They served in twenty-four courses
1Ch 26:13-19
Their posts were determined by lot
1Ch 24:31; 1Ch 26:13-19