Reference: Porter
Hastings
PORTER in English Version has always the sense of 'doorkeeper' (see House,
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They came to the middle of the house pretending to get wheat. Once they were inside they stabbed Ishbosheth in the stomach and killed him.
The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers, Shallum their chief
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to play bronze cymbals.
One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
The doorkeeper opens to him and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them.