Reference: Porter
Hastings
PORTER in English Version has always the sense of 'doorkeeper' (see House,
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They entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.