“They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Chronicles 9 contains 44 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.