1 Chronicles 26 · Verse 16

1 Chronicles 26:16

To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
1 Chronicles 26:16, King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:16 in other translations

BSBThe lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
WEBTo Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.
ASVTo Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, watch against watch.
YLTto Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate Shallecheth, in the highway, the ascent, charge over-against charge;
DARBYTo Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.
BBETo Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.
WebsterTo Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the way of the ascent, ward against ward.

What does 1 Chronicles 26:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. the gate Shallecheth--probably the rubbish gate, through which all the accumulated filth and sweepings of the temple and its courts were poured out. by the causeway of the going up--probably the ascending road which was cast up or raised from the deep valley between Mount Zion and Moriah, for the royal egress to the place of worship (2Ch 9:4). ward against ward--Some refer these words to Shuppim and Hosah, whose duty it was to watch both the western gate and the gate Shallecheth, which was opposite, while others take it as a general statement applicable to all the guards, and intended to intimate that they were posted at regular distances from each other, or that they all mounted and relieved guard at the same time in uniform order.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The gate Shallecheth - The gate of the projections: probably that through which all the offal of the temple was carried out.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 26:16 in the original Hebrew

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לְשֻׁפִּ֤יםle.shu.Pimto ShuppimH8206
וּלְחֹסָה֙u.le.cho.Sahand to HosahH2621
לַֽמַּעֲרָ֔בla.ma.'a.Ravto the westH4628
עִ֚ם'imbesideH5973
שַׁ֣עַרSha.'ar[the] gate ofH8179
שַׁלֶּ֔כֶתsha.Le.khetShallekethH7996
בַּֽמְסִלָּ֖הbam.si.Lahon the highwayH4546
הָעוֹלָ֑הha.'o.Lahwhich goes upH5927
מִשְׁמָ֖רmish.MarguardH4929
לְעֻמַּ֥תle.'u.Matalong sideH5980
מִשְׁמָֽר\׃mish.MarguardH4929

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 26:16

  • 1 Kings 10:5

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:4

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:10-12

    Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 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 25:8

    And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

  • Nehemiah 12:24

    And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hosah.
10,11
Shallecheth.That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its courts, was cast out.
causeway.
1Ki 10:5; 2Ch 9:4
ward against ward.That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.
12; 25:8; Ne 12:24

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 26:15

    To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:16

    To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:17

    Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

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1 Chronicles 26:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por Suppim y Hosa al occidente, con la puerta de Sallechêt al camino de la subida, guardia contra guardia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		à Shuppim et à Hosa, le couchant, avec la porte de Shalléketh, au chemin qui monte, une garde vis-à-vis de l’autre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Für Schuppim und für Hosa gegen Westen, bei dem Tore Schalleketh, an der aufsteigenden Straße, Wache gegen Wache.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sephim et Hosa ad occidentem, juxta portam, quæ ducit ad viam ascensionis: custodia contra custodiam.