1 Chronicles 26:16

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

The verse stands within the record of how David established the worship of God. It belongs to the same account in which he prepared for the building of the temple. Its historical setting is therefore David's organizing of worship and his readying of all things for the sanctuary to be erected.