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1 Chronicles 9:24

There were gates on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

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;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Porter;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Four;   Korahites;   Port;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Symbol;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Hebrew Names Version
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
King James Version
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
English Standard Version
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.
New Century Version
There were gatekeepers on all four sides of the Temple: east, west, north, and south.
New English Translation
The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.
Amplified Bible
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides —on the east, west, north, and south.
New American Standard Bible
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
World English Bible
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.
Legacy Standard Bible
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
Berean Standard Bible
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Contemporary English Version
There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
The gatekeepers served on the four sides, east, west, north and south.
Darby Translation
At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
George Lamsa Translation
The gates were open toward the four directions, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Good News Translation
There was a gate facing in each direction, north, south, east, and west, and each had a chief guard.
Lexham English Bible
The gatekeepers were on four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Literal Translation
The gatekeepers were to the four winds: east, west, north, and south.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These dorekepers were appointed towarde the foure wyndes, towarde the East, towarde the West, towarde the North, towarde ye South.
American Standard Version
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Bible in Basic English
There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In foure quarters did they kepe the watch: toward the east, west, north, and south.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
King James Version (1611)
In foure quarters were the porters: toward the East, West, North, and South.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
English Revised Version
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Porteris weren bi foure coostis, that is, at the eest, and at the west, and at the north, and at the south.
Update Bible Version
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Webster's Bible Translation
In four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.
New King James Version
The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south.
New Living Translation
The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.
New Life Bible
The gate-keepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.
New Revised Standard
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates, - eastward, westward, northward, and southward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.
Revised Standard Version
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south;
Young's Literal Translation
At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.

Contextual Overview

14 These are the people from the tribe of Levi who lived in Jerusalem: Hasshub's son, Shemaiah. Hasshub was Azrikam's son. Azrikam was Hashabiah's son. Hashabiah was a descendant of Merari. 15 Also living in Jerusalem were Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah was Mica's son. Mica was Zicri's son. Zicri was Asaph's son. 16 Obadiah was Shemaiah's son. Shemaiah was Galal's son. Galal was Jeduthun's son. Berekiah was Asa's son. Asa was Elkanah's son. Berekiah lived in the small towns near the people of Netophah. 17 These are the gatekeepers who lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader. 18 Now these men stand next to the King's Gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers from the tribe of Levi. 19 Shallum was Kore's son. Kore was Ebiasaph's son. Ebiasaph was Korah's son. Shallum and his brothers were gatekeepers. They were from the family of Korah. They had the job of guarding the entrance to the Holy Tent. They did this just as their ancestors had done before them. Their ancestors had the job of guarding the entrance to the area where the Lord lived among the people. 20 In the past, Phinehas was in charge of the gatekeepers. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. The Lord was with Phinehas. 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Holy Tent. 22 In all there were 212 men who were chosen to guard the gates of the Holy Tent. Their names were written in their family histories in their small towns. David and Samuel the seer chose these men because they could be trusted. 23 The gatekeepers and their descendants had the responsibility of guarding the gates of the Lord 's house, the Holy Tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

four: 1 Chronicles 26:14-18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:15 - all the kings 1 Chronicles 26:17 - Eastward 2 Chronicles 23:19 - porters Ezekiel 40:6 - unto

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In four quarters were the porters,.... For, according to the Targum on 1 Chronicles 9:22 there were twenty four wards:

towards the east, west, north, and south; and, as the same paraphrase has it, six wards to the east, six to the west, six to the north, and six to the south.


 
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