1 Chronicles 23:5 “4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the…”

1 Chronicles 23:5

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

World English Bible

four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”

American Standard Version

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Geneva Bible 1599

And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

Darby Translation

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith].

Young's Literal Translation

and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]

Bible in Basic English

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

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Cross references

“porters”

2 Chronicles 8:14 1 Chronicles 9:17–27 1 Chronicles 16:38 1 Chronicles 26:1–12 2 Chronicles 35:15 Ezra 7:7

2 Chronicles 8:14 · BSB

In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the…

1 Chronicles 9:17–27 · BSB

These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

1 Chronicles 16:38 · BSB

along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 26:1–12 · BSB

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

2 Chronicles 35:15 · BSB

The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because the…

Ezra 7:7 · BSB

So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

“praised”

Psalm 87:7 1 Chronicles 6:31–48 1 Chronicles 9:33 1 Chronicles 25:1–7 2 Chronicles 20:19–21 1 Chronicles 15:16–22

Psalm 87:7 · BSB

Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”

1 Chronicles 6:31–48 · BSB

These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

1 Chronicles 9:33 · BSB

Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.

1 Chronicles 25:1–7 · BSB

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who perfor…

2 Chronicles 20:19–21 · BSB

And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.

1 Chronicles 15:16–22 · BSB

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

“the instruments”

Amos 6:5 1 Kings 10:12 2 Chronicles 29:25 2 Chronicles 29:26

Amos 6:5 · BSB

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

1 Kings 10:12 · BSB

The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to thi…

2 Chronicles 29:25 · BSB

Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through…

2 Chronicles 29:26 · BSB

The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

6Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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