Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Chronicles 26:16

16 To Shuppim and Hosah , the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth , by the causey of the going up , ward against ward .

Who for some reason were joyned together in the Custody of that Gate.

A Gate of the Court so called, as some think, because the Ashes and filth of the Temple were cast out on that side, which was the most convenient Gate for that purpose, because that was a private Quarter, the great Ways to the Temple lying on the other sides.

By which Causey they went up towards the Temple.

Which may respect either 1. the time of their Watching, that when one Guard went off another came on. Or rather 2. the place of their Guard: and so this may be understood either 1. of this Western Quarter, where there was a double Guard either because there were two Gates there, as some think, or for some other cause now unknown. Or rather 2. of all the Quarters compared together, of all which having spoken he adds this, That as one Gate was o[illegible: 1+ letters]er against another, the West against the East, and the North against the South, so one Ward was over against another.

Marginal references: Or, near, or at.; See 1 Kin. 10. 5. 2 Chr. 9. 4.