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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 9:27

They guarded the temple day and night and opened its doors every morning.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   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;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper;   Key;   Korahites;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Key;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.
Hebrew Names Version
They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
King James Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
English Standard Version
And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.
New Century Version
They stayed up all night guarding the Temple of God, and they opened it every morning.
New English Translation
They would spend the night in their posts all around God's sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.
Amplified Bible
They spent the night around the house of God, for the [night] watch was theirs, and they were in charge of opening the house morning after morning.
New American Standard Bible
They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.
World English Bible
They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they spent the night all around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were over opening it morning by morning.
Berean Standard Bible
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
Complete Jewish Bible
They spent their nights in the vicinity of the house of God, because they were in charge of it; they were responsible for opening it up each morning.
Darby Translation
for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
Easy-to-Read Version
They stayed up all night guarding God's Temple, and they had the job of opening God's Temple every morning.
George Lamsa Translation
And they lodged round about the house of the LORD, because upon them was the duty of guarding the gates.
Good News Translation
They lived near the Temple, because it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.
Lexham English Bible
And they lodged all around the house of God, for upon them was a responsibility. And they had charge of opening the house of God every morning.
Literal Translation
And they lived around the house of God, for the watch duty was on them; and they were to open it morning by morning.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the nighte season also remayned they aboute the house of God: for their dewtye was to geue attendaunce to open euery mornynge.
American Standard Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
Bible in Basic English
Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they laye rounde about the house of God, because the keping thereof pertayned to them, and they had the charge to open it euery mornyng.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
King James Version (1611)
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was vpon them, and the opening thereof euery morning, perteined to them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
English Revised Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [thereof] was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also thei dwelliden in her kepyngis bi the cumpas of the temple of the Lord, that whanne tyme were, thei schulden opene the yatis eerli.
Update Bible Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [thereof] was on them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they lodged about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening of it every morning [pertained] to them.
New King James Version
And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.
New Living Translation
They would spend the night around the house of God, since it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.
New Life Bible
They stayed during the night around the house of God. For their duty was to watch. And they were to open the house every morning.
New Revised Standard
And they would spend the night near the house of God; for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, round about the house of God, used they to lodge, - for, upon them, was the charge, and they were over the setting open, morning by morning.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.
Revised Standard Version
And they lodged round about the house of God; for upon them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.
Young's Literal Translation
and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.

Contextual Overview

14Here is a list of Levites who settled in Jerusalem: Shemaiah from the Merari clan, whose ancestors included Hasshub, Azrikam, and Hashabiah; Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, whose ancestors included Zichri and Asaph; Obadiah son of Shemaiah, whose ancestors included Galal and Jeduthun; Berechiah son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who had lived in the villages near the town of Netophah. 17 Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan, 18 and for a long time they had been the guards at the King's Gate on the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors guarded the entrance to the Levite camp. 19 Shallum son of Kore, as well as the other men in the Korahite clan, guarded the entrance to the temple, just as their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the sacred tent. 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him. 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also one of the guards at the temple. 22 There was a total of two hundred twelve guards, all of them listed in the family records in their towns. Their ancestors had been chosen by King David and by Samuel the prophet to be responsible for this work, 23 and now they guarded the temple gates. 24 There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple. 25 Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the charge: 1 Chronicles 23:32, Romans 12:7

the opening: 1 Samuel 3:15, Malachi 1:10

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:30 - keep the Jeremiah 35:4 - the keeper

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to everyone who will live after you.
Genesis 9:10
This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat.
Genesis 9:14
When I send clouds over the earth, and a rainbow appears in the sky,
Isaiah 11:10
The time is coming when one of David's descendants will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.
Hosea 2:14
Israel, I, the Lord , will lure you into the desert and speak gently to you.
Malachi 1:11
From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.
Acts 17:14
Right away the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
Romans 11:12
But if the rest of the world's people were helped so much by Israel's sin and loss, they will be helped even more by their full return.
Romans 15:12
Isaiah says, "Someone from David's family will come to power. He will rule the nations, and they will put their hope in him."
Ephesians 2:19
You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they lodged round about the house of God,.... In chambers on the outward wall about it, that they might be near to do their office:

because the charge was upon them; to guard the house:

and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them; that is, the opening of the doors of the mountain of the house, and the court of women; for as for others, that appertained to the priests, as Dr. Lightfoot u observes; under the second temple, it is said w, Ben Geber was over the shutting of the gates in the evening, and so of opening in the morning.

u Temple-Service, c. 7. sect. 1. w Misn. Shekalim, c. 5. sect. 1.


 
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