See the marginal references. If the number of gatekeepers was 172, as stated in Nehemiah 11:19 (that is, 168 in addition to the four chief gatekeep…

And their brethren, which were in their villages. —The families of the Temple warders, like those of the singers, lived o…

And their brethren, which were in their villages
Assigned them to dwell in:

were to come after se…

This chapter expresses that one end of recording all these genealogies was to direct the Jews, when they returned from captivity, with whom to unit…