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Bishop's Bible

1 Chronicles 9:23

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 Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Porters;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Keys;   Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Porter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ward;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper;   Korahites;   Port;   Ward;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the Lord’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.
Hebrew Names Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, by wards.
King James Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord , namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
English Standard Version
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord , that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
New Century Version
The gatekeepers and their descendants had to guard the gates of the Temple of the Lord . (The Temple took the place of the Holy Tent.)
New English Translation
They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord 's sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).
Amplified Bible
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tabernacle, as guards.
New American Standard Bible
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tent, in their divisions of service.
World English Bible
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they & their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, euen of the house of the Tabernacle by wardes.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, as those who kept watch.
Berean Standard Bible
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD-the house called the Tent.
Contemporary English Version
and now they guarded the temple gates.
Complete Jewish Bible
They and their descendants supervised the gates of the house of Adonai , that is, the house of the tent, by periods of duty.
Darby Translation
And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.
Easy-to-Read Version
The gatekeepers and their descendants had the responsibility of guarding the gates of the Lord 's house, the Holy Tent.
George Lamsa Translation
For they appointed them and their sons to keep the gates of the house of the LORD and the house of the tabernacle of the congregation, as guards.
Good News Translation
They and their descendants continued to guard the gates to the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh at the house of the tent as guards.
Literal Translation
And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tabernacle, by watches.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that they and their children shulde kepe the house of the LORDE, namely to kepe the watch of ye house of the Tabernacle.
American Standard Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.
Bible in Basic English
So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the Tent, by wards.
King James Version (1611)
So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the Tabernacle, by wards.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.
English Revised Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
both hem and the sones of hem in the doris of the hows of the Lord, and in the tabernacle of witnessyng, bi her whiles.
Update Bible Version
So they and their sons had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
New King James Version
So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.
New Living Translation
These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.
New Life Bible
So they and their sons were gate-keepers of the Lord's house, the holy tent.
New Revised Standard
So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord , that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, they and their sons, were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, by watches.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.
Revised Standard Version
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
Young's Literal Translation
And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.

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 oversight: 1 Chronicles 23:32, 2 Chronicles 23:19, Nehemiah 12:45, Ezekiel 44:10, Ezekiel 44:11, Ezekiel 44:14

Reciprocal: Numbers 18:5 - And ye Psalms 134:1 - which by night Ezekiel 40:45 - the keepers

Cross-References

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee.
Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dreade thy God: I am the Lorde.
Romans 13:7
Geue to euery man therfore his dutie, tribute to whom tribute, custome to whom custome, feare to whom feare, honour to whom honour [belongeth.]
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, yf a man be taken in any fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirite of mekenes, consideryng thy selfe, lest thou also be tempted.
1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren,
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.
1 Timothy 5:19
Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses.
1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.
1 Peter 4:8
But aboue all thynges, haue feruent loue among your selues: For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord,.... They that were appointed in David's time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary:

namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards; that which was at Gibeon in David's time, and now one was erected until the temple was built.


 
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