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, Palestine⁵, p. 65) and “Robinson’s Arch” (Palestine⁵ p. 66). The second of these arches probably marks the site of a causeway belonging to the period of the Kings.
¹⁸For Parbar[¹] westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar[¹]. 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 Levites[¹], Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated[²] 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.