Asuppim

The structure called Asuppim in older English versions appears in the UPDV under the common noun "storehouse." It belongs to the gatekeeping arrangement of the temple under David's reorganization of the Levites, and is named only in the lot-casting and watch-roster of 1 Chronicles 26.

Assigned to Obed-edom's Sons

When the gates are apportioned by lot, "they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate" (1 Ch 26:13). The eastward lot falls to Shelemiah, the northward to Zechariah his son. Then: "To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse" (1 Ch 26:15). The storehouse becomes the post of Obed-edom's family.

In the Watch-Roster

In the daily count of Levite watches, the same structure reappears: "Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two" (1 Ch 26:17). The storehouse takes a doubled watch — "two and two" — distinct from the single counts assigned to the cardinal-direction gates. The wider list rounds out the assignment: "To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch… For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar" (1 Ch 26:16, 18).

The two notices give what is recorded: a southward post manned by Obed-edom's sons, watched in pairs.