("gathering".) Margin 1 Chronicles 26:15; 1 Chronicles 26:17. Not a proper name. From asaph , to "gather." The house of stores, where were kept the grain, wine, and other offerings for the sustenance of the priests. Near the S. door of the temple in the outer court; it had. two entrances, for 1 Chronicles 26:19 states that two guard stations were assigned to it. In Nehemiah 12:25 the same Hebrew is translated "thresholds," margin "treasuries," "assemblies."
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