Reference: Porter
Hastings
PORTER in English Version has always the sense of 'doorkeeper' (see House,
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And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.