OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 9:17

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The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),

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Verse 17. Sellum had the superintendency over all the porters. Bible.—He was also at the head of one of the four bands which guarded the doors, east, west, north, and south of the temple, with various apartments, verse 26. Calmet.—Brother. Hebrew “brethren,” or bands. Bible.

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