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GATEKEEPER

A guard who protected the gates of a city (2 Kgs. 7:10-11) or the Jerusalem temple (1 Chr. 9:22). King David appointed 4000 Levites to guard the temple (1 Chr. 23:3-5; 26:1-32). These guards had several duties, including caring for the ark (1 Chr. 15:23-24), overseeing the freewill offerings (2 Chr. 31:14), and guarding the storehouses at the gates (Neh. 12:25).

Esth. 2:21; 6:2 mention the eunuchs appointed by Persian King Xerxes I to guard the threshold; these men were probably the king’s bodyguards. Whether this was part of the gatekeeper’s tasks in ancient Israel is unknown. In the NT gatekeepers were appointed by the wealthy to guard private houses (Mark 13:34).

Jennie R. Ebeling






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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