1 Chronicles 9:18 “he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These…”

1 Chronicles 9:18

he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

World English Bible

who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.

American Standard Version

who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they were porters to this time by companies of the children of Leui vnto the Kinges gate eastward.

Darby Translation

And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.

Young's Literal Translation

and hitherto they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Bible in Basic English

Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.

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Cross references

“the king's”

1 Kings 10:5 2 Kings 11:19 Acts 3:11 Ezekiel 44:2 Ezekiel 44:3 Ezekiel 46:1

1 Kings 10:5 · BSB

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

2 Kings 11:19 · BSB

He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guard…

Acts 3:11 · BSB

While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

Ezekiel 44:2 · BSB

And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

Ezekiel 44:3 · BSB

Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”

Ezekiel 46:1 · BSB

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

“they”

1 Chronicles 26:12–19

1 Chronicles 26:12–19 · BSB

These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.

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

In context

17These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

19Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

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