par.bar denotes a colonnade or colonnade-area, named as a westward station and as the location of a chamber.

The attested uses identify a colonnade or colonnade-area: 1 Chronicles 26:18 assigns personnel toward it on the west, while 2 Kings 23:11 locates Nathan-melech's chamber there.

1. Colonnade as a named location · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 26:18, the singular absolute noun occurs twice in assignments "to the colonnade on the west" and again "to the colonnade," identifying a location toward which personnel are assigned. In 2 Kings 23:11, the proper-noun form locates the chamber of Nathan-melech "in the colonnade."

   1 Chronicles 26:182 Kings 23:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms as "colonnade" in both verses, including a westward assignment in 1 Chronicles 26:18 and the location of a chamber in 2 Kings 23:11. These renderings confirm the clauses' setting rather than establish a finer distinction.