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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 9:25

These guards were assisted by their relatives, who lived in the villages and who had to take turns at guard duty for seven days at a time.

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;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper;   Korahites;   Port;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Horology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days,
Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
King James Version
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
English Standard Version
And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
New Century Version
The gatekeepers' relatives who lived in the villages had to come and help them at times. Each time they came they helped the gatekeepers for seven days.
New English Translation
Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.
Amplified Bible
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
New American Standard Bible
Their relatives in their settlements were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
World English Bible
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren, which were in their townes, came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
Berean Standard Bible
Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
Contemporary English Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
From time to time their kinsmen had to come in from their towns to help them for seven days.
Darby Translation
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after [every] seven days from time to time with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
The gatekeepers' relatives who lived in the small towns had to come and help them at certain times. They came and helped the gatekeepers for seven days each time.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren who kept the watch in their generation did not enter into the temple except once every seven days from time to time,
Lexham English Bible
And their brethren in their villages were to come every seven days by turn to be with these.
Literal Translation
And their brothers in their villages were to come in for seven days from time to time with them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But their brethre were in their vyllages, that they might come allwaye on the seuenth daye to be with them:
American Standard Version
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren remayned in the countrey, and came after seuen dayes from tyme to tyme with them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seuen dayes, from time to time with them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren were in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these.
English Revised Version
And their brethren, and their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe her britheren dwelliden in townes, and camen in her sabatis fro tyme til to tyme.
Update Bible Version
And their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren, [who were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.
New King James Version
And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.
New Living Translation
Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven-day periods.
New Life Bible
Those of their family in other towns were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them.
New Revised Standard
and their kindred who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, their brethren in their villages, had to come in, every seven days, from time to time, along with these.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.
Revised Standard Version
and their kinsmen who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, to be with these;
Young's Literal Translation
And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to time with these.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

Contextual Overview

14The following Levites lived in Jerusalem: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, whose ancestors included Azrikam and Hashabiah, of the clan of Merari Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal Mattaniah son of Mica, whose ancestors included Zichri and Asaph Obadiah son of Shemaiah, whose ancestors included Galal and Jeduthun Berechiah, the son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the territory that belonged to the town of Netophah 17 The following Temple guards lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Shallum was their leader. 18 Down to that time members of their clans had been stationed at the eastern entrance to the King's Gate. Formerly they had stood guard at the gates to the camps of the Levites. 19 Shallum, the son of Kore and grandson of Ebiasaph, together with his fellow members of the clan of Korah, was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tent of the Lord 's presence, just as their ancestors had been when they were in charge of the Lord 's camp. 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar—may the Lord be with him!—had supervised them at one time. 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also a guard at the entrance to the Tent of the Lord 's presence. 22 In all, 212 men were chosen as guards for the entrances and gates. They were registered according to the villages where they lived. It was King David and the prophet Samuel who had put their ancestors in these responsible positions. 23 They and their descendants continued to guard the gates to the Temple. 24 There was a gate facing in each direction, north, south, east, and west, and each had a chief guard. 25 These guards were assisted by their relatives, who lived in the villages and who had to take turns at guard duty for seven days at a time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven: 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Kings 11:7, 2 Chronicles 23:8

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:22 - in their 1 Chronicles 24:19 - the orderings Luke 1:23 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 4:11
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.
Genesis 9:7
"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."
Genesis 9:8
God said to Noah and his sons,
Genesis 9:20
Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:21
After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers.
Genesis 9:28
After the flood Noah lived 350 years
Genesis 49:7
A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.
Deuteronomy 27:16
"‘God's curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren, which were in their villages,.... Assigned them to dwell in:

were to come after seven days from time to time with them; there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old course retired to theirs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1 Chronicles 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.


 
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