Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 26:18
As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the daily rotation of Levite gatekeepers assigned to guard the temple courts during the Davidic administration.
The words — פַּרְבָּר (Parbar) denotes a specific outer court or gateway area, while מַעֲרָב (ma'arav) literally means west, identifying the precise location of the guard detail.
The thread — The term Parbar appears in 2 Kings 23:11, where King Josiah removes sun horses from the entrance of the house of the LORD.
Why it lands — The text demands attention to exact guard placements and numbers, showing that temple service required strict logistical order rather than casual devotion.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 23:11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.