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1 Chronicles 9:17

The porters were, Sallum, Accub, Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother: Sallum was the chiefe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Porters;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Shallum;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Korahites;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahimam;   Akkub;   Chronicles, the Books of;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Talmon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Chronicles, I;   Merari, Merarites;   Meshelemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Porter;   Priests and Levites;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahiman ;   Akkub ;   Porter;   Shallum ;   Shelemiah ;   Talmon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'man;   Shal'lum;   Tal'mon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Korahites;   Meshelemiah;   Port;   Shallum (1);   Talmon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Akkub;   Shallum;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
Hebrew Names Version
The porters: Shallum, and `Akkuv, and Talmon, and Achiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
King James Version
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
English Standard Version
The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);
New Century Version
Of the gatekeepers there were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.
New English Translation
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;
Amplified Bible
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum the chief
New American Standard Bible
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum the chief
World English Bible
The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, & their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief
Berean Standard Bible
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
Contemporary English Version
Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan,
Complete Jewish Bible
The gatekeepers: Shalum, ‘Akuv, Talmon, Achiman and their kinsmen; Shalum was the chief.
Darby Translation
And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the gatekeepers who lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.
George Lamsa Translation
And the porters were Shallum, Jacob, Talan, Hamnon, Ahihom, and Shallum,
Good News Translation
The following Temple guards lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Shallum was their leader.
Lexham English Bible
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief);
Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The porters were: Sallum, Acub, Talmon, Ahiman, with their brethren, and Sallum the chefest:
American Standard Version
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),
Bible in Basic English
And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;
King James Version (1611)
And the Porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief;
English Revised Version
And the porters; Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the porteris weren Sellum, and Achub, and Thelmon, and Achyman, and the britheren of hem; Sellum was the prince;
Update Bible Version
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
Webster's Bible Translation
And the porters [were] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;
New King James Version
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.
New Living Translation
The gatekeepers who returned were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was the chief gatekeeper.
New Life Bible
The gate-keepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers. (Shallum was the leader
New Revised Standard
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman; and their kindred Shallum was the chief,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, - and their brethren - Shallum the chief;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,
Revised Standard Version
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahi'man, and their kinsmen (Shallum being the chief),
Young's Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum [is] the head;
THE MESSAGE
The security guards were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the chief and up to now the security guard at the King's Gate on the east. They also served as security guards at the camps of Levite families.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

Contextual Overview

14 And of the Leuites: Semeia the sonne of Hasub, ye sonne of Africam, the sonne of Hasabia of the sonnes of Merari. 15 And Bacbakar Heres, and Galal: And Mathania the sonne of Micah, the sonne of Zicri, the sonne of Asaph. 16 And Obadia the sonne of Semeia, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Iduthun: And Berechia the sonne of Aza, the sonne of Elcana, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 The porters were, Sallum, Accub, Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother: Sallum was the chiefe. 18 For they watched hitherto, euen vnto the kinges gate eastwarde by course, the children of Leui. 19 And Sallum the sonne of Core, the sonne of Abiasaph, the sonne of Corah, and his brethren the Corathites of the house of their father, had their busines and office to kepe the porches of the tabernacle: and their fathers being ouer the hoast of the Lorde, kept the entering. 20 And Phinehes the sonne of Eliazar was their foreguide, and the Lord was with him. 21 And Zacharia the sonne of Meselemia kept the watch before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these were chosen men to kepe the thressholdes, euen two hundred and twelue: and throughout all the genealogie wer they numbred in their villages: And them did Dauid and Samuel the sear institute, because of their fidelitie. 23 So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lorde, euen of the tabernacle, to kepe them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the porters: 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 26:1-32, Nehemiah 11:19

Shallum: 1 Chronicles 9:19

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:31 - Shallum 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the porters 2 Chronicles 34:13 - porters 2 Chronicles 35:15 - the porters Ezra 7:7 - porters

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the porters,.... Or keepers of the gates of the tabernacle:

were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief; of these four porters, and their brethren.


 
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