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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 26:19

These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.

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

Christian Standard Bible®
Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.
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.
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

1 For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; 2 and to Meshelemiah [are] sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 And to Obed-Edom [are] sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God hath blessed him. 6 And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they [are] mighty of valour. 7 Sons of Shemaiah [are] Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren [are] sons of valour, Elihu and Semachiah, 8 all these [are] of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valour with might for service, [are] sixty and two of Obed-Edom. 9 And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen; 10 and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, [are] sons: Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father setteth him for head),

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
And Abimelech saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'
Genesis 26:11
and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'
Song of Solomon 4:15
A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!
John 7:38
he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

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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