1 Chronicles 26 · Verse 12

1 Chronicles 26:12

Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 26:12, King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:12 in other translations

BSB	These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
WEB	Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the LORD’s house.
ASV	Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.
YLT	According to these are the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones are charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,
DARBY	Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.
BBE	Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.
Webster	Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

What does 1 Chronicles 26:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men--These were charged with the duty of superintending the watches, being heads of the twenty-four courses of porters. 1Ch 26:13-19. The Gates Assigned by Lot.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 The rest of this chapter, with the whole of the 28th, is wanting both in the Syriac and Arabic.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 26:12 in the original Hebrew

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לְ֠אֵלֶּהLe.'e.leh[belonged] to theseH428

מַחְלְק֨וֹתmach.le.Kot[the] divisions ofH4256

הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜יםha.sho.'a.Rimthe gatekeepersH7778

לְרָאשֵׁ֧יle.ra.Sheito [the] chiefs ofH7218

הַגְּבָרִ֛יםha.ge.va.Rimthe menH1397

מִשְׁמָר֖וֹתmish.ma.RotdutiesH4931

לְעֻמַּ֣תle.'u.Mat<to> corresponding toH5980

אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם'a.chei.Hemrelatives theirH251

לְשָׁרֵ֖תle.sha.Retto serveH8334

בְּבֵ֥יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004

יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 26:12

1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

wards.That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.
25:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

1 Chronicles 26:11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
1 Chronicles 26:12
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 26:13
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

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1 Chronicles 26:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entre estos se hizo la distribución de los porteros, alternando los principales de los varones en la guardia con sus hermanos, para servir en la casa de Jehová.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	À ceux-là furent les départements des portiers, aux chefs des hommes qui vaquaient à leurs charges avec leurs frères, pour faire le service dans la maison de l’ Éternel.
German Elberfelder 1871	Diese Abteilungen der Torhüter, nach den Häuptern der Männer, hatten die Wachen gleich ihren Brüdern, um in dem Hause Jehovas zu dienen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Hi divisi sunt in janitores, ut semper principes custodiarum, sicut et fratres eorum ministrarent in domo Domini.