Porters

• Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king' s palace, and doors of the temple — 1 Chronicles 9:17; 2 Chronicles 34:13; 2 Chronicles 35:15
• Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors — 1 Chronicles 9:27
• One-third were porters of the temple — 2 Chronicles 23:4
• One-third were porters of the king' s house — 2 Chronicles 23:5
• One-third were porters of the gate of the foundation — 2 Chronicles 23:5
• They also served as porters of the gates of the walls — Nehemiah 12:25
• They served in twenty-four courses — 1 Chronicles 26:13
• Their posts were determined by lot — 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 26:13

Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.