1 Chronicles 9:18
What does 1 Chronicles 9:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 9:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Up 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and hitherto they <FI>are<Fi> at the gate of the king eastward; they <FI>are<Fi> the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.
Context
v.17And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),
v.18This passage
v.19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12
Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 46:1
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
- Ezekiel 44:2
And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
- 1 Kings 10:5
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.
- 2 Kings 11:19
And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
- Acts 3:11
And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
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