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1 Chronicles 26:15

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1 Chronicles 26:15

Ver. 15. To Obededom southward,.... Where were two gates in later times, called the gates of Huldah {x}:

and to his sons, the house of Asuppim; the word has the signification of gathering, hence some take it to be a council house, where the sanhedrim or elders gathered together, and sat; and others, rather a treasure house, where things of value were collected and laid up, since Obededom had the charge of gold and silver, and the vessels of the house, 2Ch 25:24, but Dr. Lightfoot {y} is of opinion, that

"Asuppim were two gates in the western wall, which stood most south, or nearest to Jerusalem; "and the house of Asuppim" was a large piece of building that ran between them, which was a treasury, or various rooms for treasuring or laying up something for the use of the temple;''

though L'Empereur thinks {z} it was the chamber Korban, which is not so probable.

{x} Ib. (Misn. Middot), c. 1. sect. 3. {y} Prospect of the Temple, ch. 5. sect. 3. {z} Not. in Middot, c. 1. sect. 1. No. 5.

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