1 Chronicles 16:38

38 [He also left] Obed-edom and his^[a] 68 relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 16:38 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 38 And Obededom, with their brethren, threescore and eight
The Levites, the brethren of Asaph and Obededom, these were left before the ark to minister there:

Obededom also the son of Jeduthun;
or Ethan, which some take to be another Obededom; but the (w) , "vau" may be explanative, "even Obededom":

and Hosah to be porters;
these he left to be doorkeepers of the ark.

1 Chronicles 16:38 In-Context

36 May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting." Then all the people said, "Amen" and "Praise the Lord."

37 So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the Lord's covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements.

38 [He also left] Obed-edom and his 68 relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

39 [David left] Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon

40 to offer burnt offerings regularly, morning and evening, to the Lord on the altar of burnt offerings and to do everything that was written in the law of the Lord, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

Footnotes

• [a]. LXX, Syr, Vg; Hb reads their