Of the charge of the altar; to preserve the fire perpetually on the altar, &c.
Zadok; the high priest, who was put in by Solomon’s depriving of Abiathar, in whose race the high priesthood continued. While God’s order was observed, his sons, especially among the Levites, had this charge, and in their turns took care of the altar, which that they might the better do, they had those chambers, whose prospect I suppose was toward the altar.