John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:12
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men ,.... These before named were the principal men of the porters, among which was a division or distribution of them into classes or courses, in which they served weekly in turn: having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord ; meaning either to watch in, as on the north against the south, and the east against the west, and "vice versa". The Jews say F20 Misn. Middot, c. 1. sect. 1. , the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:1-19
Observe, I. There were porters appointed to attend the temple, who guarded all the avenues that let to it, opened and shut all the outer gates and attended at them, not only for the state, but for service, to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the decorum they were to observe, to encourage those that were timorous, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others that were enemies to the house of God. In allusion... read more