5324 gatekeepers

Levite temple servants, responsible for protecting the palace and the temple from those who would desecrate it or steal its treasures. City gatekeepers also existed.

The ancestry of gatekeepers

1Ch 9:17-22 See also 1Ch 26:1-13; Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45

The special status of gatekeepers

Ezr 7:24 See also Ezr 2:70; Ne 7:73; Ne 12:47; Ne 13:5

The functions of gatekeepers

1Ch 9:23-27 See also 2Ch 8:14; Ne 11:19

Examples of gatekeepers

2Ch 35:15 See also 1Ch 15:16-18; 1Ch 16:37-38; 1Ch 23:3-5; 1Ch 26:14-19; Ne 10:28-29,39; Ne 12:25,45

City gatekeepers

2Ki 7:10-11 See also Ne 7:1-3

See also