PORTERS
Kept the gates of private houses and of cities, 2 Samuel 18:26 2 Kings 7:10 Mark 13:34 John 10:3. The porters of the temple were Levites, at one period four thousand in number, divided into courses, 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Chronicles 1:23. They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Chronicles 1:23.
They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1 Chronicles 26:1, 1 Chronicles 1:26, 1 Chronicles 1:26; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 1:35. by night also they cheered the lonely hours with songs of praise, Psalms 1:134-3. We read, in 2 Corinthians 13:14, of the faithful service they rendered in protecting Joash and slaying Athaliah.