_at the causeway that goeth up_] “The causeway” led up to the Temple _either_ from Ophel (on the south) _or_ from the Western City (across the Tyropœon Valley). Traces of two causeways have been discovered by excavation, viz., “Wilson’s Arch” (Bädeker, _Palestine_⁵, p. 65) and “Robinson’s Arch” (_Palestine_⁵ p. 66). The second of these arches probably marks the site of a causeway belonging to the period of the Kings. ¹⁸For Parbar¹ westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar¹. ¹⁹These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. ¹ Or, _the Precinct_. =18.= _Parbar_] This word, apparently the same as _parvarim_, 2 Kings xxiii. 11 (Revised Version “precincts”; compare margin here), seems to denote some building built on the Temple area on the west side. It may have been a colonnade. The word is Persian and means “lighted [by the sun].” =20‒32.= VARIOUS OFFICERS. ²⁰And of the Levites¹, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated² things. ¹ According to the Septuagint, _And the Levites their brethren were over &c._ ² Hebrew _holy things_. =20.= _And of the Levites, Ahijah was over_] Read (with LXX.; compare margin), =And the Levites their brethren were over=. The confusion of readings is easy in Hebrew; compare ii. 25 for a similar case. _the dedicated things_] Compare verses 26‒28. ²¹The sons of Ladan¹; the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ _houses_ belonging to Ladan the Gershonite; Jehieli². ¹ In chapter vi. 17, _Libni_. ² In chapter xxiii. 8, _Jehiel_. =21.= _Ladan_] compare xxiii. 7; called Libni in vi. 17 [2, Hebrew]. _Jehieli_] Read =Jehiel= as in xxiii. 8, xxix. 8; and probably delete the following “_The sons of Jehieli_,” compare xxiii. 8. ²²The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasuries of the house of the LORD. =22.= _Zetham, and Joel_] These appear as brethren of Jehiel in xxiii. 8; but since families, not individuals, are spoken of, the discrepancy is not important. ²³Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: =23.= _the Amramites_, etc.] Compare xxiii. 12. ²⁴and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries. =24.= _Shebuel_] rather Shubael, as in xxiv. 20; compare xxiii. 16. ²⁵And his brethren; of Eliezer _came_ Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. =25.= _of Eliezer came Rehabiah_] Compare xxiii. 15‒17, xxiv. 21. _Shelomoth_] (so _Kethīb_); Authorized Version _Shelomith_ follows _Ḳerī_; compare verse 28 (margin).