Gatekeepers, Treasuries and Officers

"Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah." Obed-edom has sixty-two descendants, "for God blessed him." "And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate."

Ahijah is over "the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things," the spoils dedicated by Samuel, Saul, Abner, Joab and David "to maintain the house of the LORD."

Chenaniah and his sons are "for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges." Hashabiah's 1,700 serve west of the Jordan; Jerijah's 2,700 east of the Jordan, "for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king."

Parbar

"At Parbar westward" (26:18) uses a rare word, perhaps a colonnade or court; it may be borrowed from Persian (frabar, "forecourt"), which would suggest a Persian-period setting.

Gatekeepers as an order

In Ezra–Nehemiah gatekeepers are counted separately from Levites; in Chronicles they are Levites. The difference may show the gatekeepers' status rising in the Second Temple period.