Dict: easton - Porter
easton:
Porter
@ a gate-keeper ( kjv@2Samuel:18:26; kjv@2Kings:7:10; kjv@1Chronicles:9:21; kjv@2Chronicals:8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18).