1 Chronicles 26:17

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

1 Chronicles 26:17, King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:17 in other translations

BSB	Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
WEB	Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
ASV	Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
YLT	to the east the Levites are six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
DARBY	Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two and two.
BBE	On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
Webster	Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and towards Asuppim, two and two.

What does 1 Chronicles 26:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 26:17-19

17-19. Eastward were six Levites--because the gate there was the most frequented. There were four at the north gate; four at the south, at the storehouse which was adjoining the south, and which had two entrance gates, one leading in a southwesterly direction to the city, and the other direct west, two porters each. At the Parbar towards the west, there were six men posted--four at the causeway or ascent (1Ch 26:16), and two at Parbar, amounting to twenty-four in all, who were kept daily on guard.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 Eastward were six Levites - It is supposed that there were more guards set at this eastern gate, because it was more frequented than the others. At each of the other gates were only four; at this, six.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 26:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לַמִּזְרָח֮la.miz.Rachto the eastH4217

הַלְוִיִּ֣םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881

שִׁשָּׁה֒shi.ShahsixH8337

לַצָּפ֤וֹנָהla.tza.Fo.nahto the north <towards>H6828

לַיּוֹם֙lai.yOmto the dayH3117

אַרְבָּעָ֔ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702

לַנֶּ֥גְבָּהla.Neg.bahto the south <towards>H5045

לַיּ֖וֹםlai.Yomto the dayH3117

אַרְבָּעָ֑ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702

וְלָאֲסֻפִּ֖יםve.la.'a.su.Pimand for the storehousesH624

שְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimtwoH8147

שְׁנָֽיִם\׃she.Na.yimtwoH8147

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 26:17

1 Chronicles 9:24
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
2 Chronicles 8:14
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Eastward.
9:24; 2Ch 8:14
Asuppim.
15

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

Context

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.
1 Chronicles 26:18
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

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1 Chronicles 26:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Al oriente seis Levitas, al norte cuatro de día; al mediodía cuatro de día; y á la casa de la consulta, de dos en dos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Au levant, il y avait six Lévites; au nord, quatre par jour; au midi, quatre par jour; et aux approvisionnements, deux et deux;
German Elberfelder 1871	Gegen Osten waren sechs Leviten; gegen Norden täglich vier; gegen Süden täglich vier; und an dem Vorratshause je zwei;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ad orientem vero Levitæ sex: et ad aquilonem, quatuor per diem: atque ad meridiem similiter in die quatuor: et ubi erat concilium bini et bini.