| II Chronicles 23:5
| A third part of you that come to the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, and of the porters, shall be at the gates: and a third part at the king's house: and a third at the gate that is called the Foundation: but let all the rest of the people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
| To the sabbath. That is, to perform in your weeks the functions of your office, or the weekly watches. (Challoner) --- Porters. Septuagint, "even to the entrance gates." --- House, where Athalia resided, or in the apartments of Joas in the temple. --- Foundation. Septuagint, "middle." Syriac, "of the cooks, or guards." (Haydock) --- It led from the palace up the steps, ver. 21. (Menochius) --- Perhaps it was also called Sur, 4 Kings. --- But let. This seems to be transposed out of its place from ver. 6.
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