1 Chronicles 9:23
What does 1 Chronicles 9:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 9:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they and their sons <FI>are<Fi> over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.
Context
v.22All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
v.23This passage
v.24On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 12:45
And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
- Ezekiel 44:10
But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 44:14
Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
- 2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
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