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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 26:15

Obed-Edom was chosen for the South Gate, and Obed-Edom's sons were chosen to guard the storehouse.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asuppim;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asuppim;   Obed-Edom;   Threshold;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asuppim;   Jehozabad;   Obed Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Obed-Edom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammiel;   Asuppim;   Chronicles, I;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Nethinim;   Obed-Edom;   Priests and Levites;   Shephupham;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asuppim ;   Obededom ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Asup'pim,;   Jehoz'abad;   Thresholds, the;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asuppim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assemblies, Masters of;   Asuppim;   Merari;   Obed-Edom;   Storehouses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Police Laws;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses;
Hebrew Names Version
To `Oved-'Edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
King James Version
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
English Standard Version
Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.
New English Translation
Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.
Amplified Bible
To Obed-edom [it came out] for the south [gates], and the storehouse was allotted to his sons.
New American Standard Bible
For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.
World English Bible
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To Obed Edom Southwarde, and to his sonnes the house of Asuppim:
Legacy Standard Bible
For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the house of storerooms.
Berean Standard Bible
The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
Contemporary English Version
Obed-Edom was then chosen to guard the South Gate, and his sons were chosen to guard the storerooms.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Oved-Edom was allotted the south gate and his sons the storehouse.
Darby Translation
to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
Easy-to-Read Version
Obed Edom was chosen for the South Gate. And Obed Edom's sons were chosen to guard the house where the valuable things were kept.
George Lamsa Translation
To Ober-edom southward; and to his sons the porches.
Good News Translation
Obed Edom was allotted the south gate, and his sons were allotted to guard the storerooms.
Lexham English Bible
To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses.
Literal Translation
and to Obed-edom, southward; and to his sons the house of the stores;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But vnto ObedEdom towarde the South, and to his sonnes besyde the house of Esupim.
American Standard Version
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
Bible in Basic English
To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Obed Edoms lot fell to the south: And for his sonnes fell the houses of Asuppim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the Storehouse.
King James Version (1611)
To Obed-Edom Southward, and to his sonnes, the house of Asuppim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To Abdedom they gave by lot the south, opposite the house of Esephim.
English Revised Version
To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sotheli to Obededom and hise sones at the southe, in which part of the hows the counsel of the eldre men was;
Update Bible Version
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
Webster's Bible Translation
To obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
New King James Version
to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons the storehouse. [fn]
New Living Translation
The south gate went to Obed-edom, and his sons were put in charge of the storehouse.
New Life Bible
Obed-edom's name was drawn for the south gate. And his sons were to watch the store-house.
New Revised Standard
Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To Obed-edom, southward, - and, to his sons, the storehouse.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients.
Revised Standard Version
O'bed-e'dom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
Young's Literal Translation
to Obed-Edom southward, and to his sons, the house of the gatherings;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.

Contextual Overview

1 These are the groups of the gatekeepers. From the family of Korah, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, who was from Asaph's family. 2 Meshelemiah had sons. Zechariah was his first son, Jediael was second, Zebadiah was third, Jathniel was fourth, 3 Elam was fifth, Jehohanan was sixth, and Eliehoenai was seventh. 4 Obed-Edom had sons. Shemaiah was his first son, Jehozabad was second, Joah was third, Sacar was fourth, Nethanel was fifth, 5 Ammiel was sixth, Issachar was seventh, and Peullethai was eighth. God blessed Obed-Edom with children. 6 Obed-Edom's son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father's family because they were capable men. 7 Shemaiah's sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, Elihu, and Semakiah. Elihu, and Semakiah were skilled workers. 8 All these were Obed-Edom's descendants. They and their sons and relatives were capable men and strong workers. Obed-Edom had sixty-two descendants in all. 9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were skilled workers. In all, there were eighteen. 10 From the Merari family, Hosah had sons. Shimri was chosen to be in charge. Although he was not the oldest son, his father chose him to be in charge.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Asuppim: Heb. gatherings, [Strong's H624], 1 Chronicles 26:17, 2 Chronicles 25:24, Nehemiah 12:25, Ecclesiastes 12:11, Or collections; probably the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the priests and Levites, were laid up. Obed-edom is said to have had the charge of the treasures, etc., in 2 Chronicles 25:24.

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:18 - Obededom

Cross-References

Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about Abimelech's servants who had seized a well of water.
Genesis 21:30
Abraham answered, "Accept these lambs from me to prove that you believe I dug this well."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To Obededom southward,.... Where were two gates in later times, called the gates of Huldah x:

and to his sons, the house of Asuppim; the word has the signification of gathering, hence some take it to be a council house, where the sanhedrim or elders gathered together, and sat; and others, rather a treasure house, where things of value were collected and laid up, since Obededom had the charge of gold and silver, and the vessels of the house, 2 Chronicles 25:24, but Dr. Lightfoot y is of opinion, that

"Asuppim were two gates in the western wall, which stood most south, or nearest to Jerusalem; "and the house of Asuppim" was a large piece of building that ran between them, which was a treasury, or various rooms for treasuring or laying up something for the use of the temple;''

though L'Empereur thinks z it was the chamber Korban, which is not so probable.

x Ib. (Misn. Middot), c. 1. sect. 3. y Prospect of the Temple, ch. 5. sect. 3. z Not. in Middot, c. 1. sect. 1. No. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The house of Asuppim - literally, “the house of collections” (see the margin and compare Nehemiah 12:25 margin). A treasure-house of some kind or other is probably intended.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 26:15. The house of Asuppim. — The house of the collections; the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the use of the priests and Levites, were laid up.


 
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