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1 Chronicles 26:19

Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Porters;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gates;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Porters;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kore;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asuppim;   Merari;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Kore;   Merarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammiel;   Chronicles, I;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Merari, Merarites;   Nethinim;   Priests and Levites;   Shemri;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kore ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ko're;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Porters of the Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Division;   Korahites;   Merari;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Korah;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korchi, and of the sons of Merari.
King James Version
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
English Standard Version
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
New Century Version
These were the groups of the gatekeepers from the families of Korah and Merari.
New English Translation
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
Amplified Bible
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
New American Standard Bible
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
World English Bible
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Kore, and of the sonnes of Merari.
Legacy Standard Bible
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
Berean Standard Bible
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
Contemporary English Version
These were the guard duties assigned to the men from the clans of Korah and Merari.
Complete Jewish Bible
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers, consisting of descendants of the Korchim and descendants of M'rari.
Darby Translation
These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.
Easy-to-Read Version
These were the groups of the gatekeepers from the families of Korah and Merari.
George Lamsa Translation
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
Good News Translation
This is the assignment of guard duty to the clan of Korah and the clan of Merari.
Lexham English Bible
These were the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.
Literal Translation
These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are the ordinaunces of the dorekepers amonge the children of the Korahites, and the children of Merari.
American Standard Version
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Bible in Basic English
These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the deuisions of the porters among the sonnes of Koreh, & among the sonnes of Merari.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
King James Version (1611)
These are the diuisions of the porters among the sonnes of Kore, and among the sonnes of Merari.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari.
English Revised Version
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These weren the departyngis of porteris, of the sones of Chore and of Merary.
Update Bible Version
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Webster's Bible Translation
These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
New King James Version
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
New Living Translation
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the clans of Korah and Merari.
New Life Bible
These were the way the gate-keepers of the sons of Korah and Merari were divided.
New Revised Standard
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, were the courses of the door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Core, and of Merari.
Revised Standard Version
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Ko'rahites and the sons of Merar'i.
Young's Literal Translation
These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.
THE MESSAGE
These are the teams of security guards from the sons of Korah and Merari.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.

Contextual Overview

1The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: 2Meshelemiah had sons: 3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, 4Obed-edom also had sons: 5Ammiel the sixth, 6Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled their ancestral families because they were strong, capable men. 7Shemaiah’s sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semachiah were also capable men. 8All of these were among the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and relatives; they were capable men with strength for the work—sixty-two from Obed-edom. 9Meshelemiah also had sons and relatives who were capable men—eighteen. 10Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Kore: Kore, or rather, Korhi, קרחי [Strong's H7145], is essentially the same with קרח [Strong's H7141], Korah, merely having a paragogic י, yood. Numbers 16:11, Korah

Cross-References

Genesis 26:10
Then Abimelech said, “What is this you’ve done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.”
Genesis 26:11
So Abimelech warned all the people, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”
Song of Solomon 4:15
You are a garden spring,a well of flowing waterstreaming from Lebanon.
John 7:38
The one who believes in me,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. For among those Levites which descended from Kore, a grandson of Kohath, and which sprung from Merar, a brother of Kohath, the porters only wore; see 1 Chronicles 26:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The divisions of the porters - The account of the porters here given makes them only twenty-four in number at any one time; 1 Chronicles 23:5 states that the duty was discharged by 4,000 persons. Perhaps of the 93 chief porters here spoken of 1 Chronicles 26:8-9, 1 Chronicles 26:11, 1 Chronicles 26:24 were always on guard as officers, while of the remaining 3,907, a certain proportion were each day on duty as their subordinates.


 
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