This verse is obscure, but its probable meaning is the following: “To these divisions of the porters, principal men, (were assigned) the watches, together with their brethren, for service in the house of the Lord;” i. e., the “chief men” 1 Chronicles 26:1-11, amounting to no more than 93, kept the watch and ward of the house, together with a further number of their brethren (4,000, 1 Chronicles 23:5), who assisted them from time to time.
Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 26:12
1 Chronicles 26:12
12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.