1 Chronicles 9:17
What does 1 Chronicles 9:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 9:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the gatekeepers <FI>are<Fi> Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum <FI>is<Fi> the head;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.
Context
v.16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
v.17This passage
v.18who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 11:19
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1
For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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