Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

Bible References

The king's

1 Kings 10:5
and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
2 Kings 11:19
And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he
Ezekiel 44:2
And LORD said to me, This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, nor shall any man enter in by it, for LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut.
Ezekiel 46:1
Thus says lord LORD: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Acts 3:11
And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, amazed.

They

1 Chronicles 26:12
Of these were the divisions of the porters, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers to minister in the house of LORD.