1 Chronicles 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
1 Chronicles 9:18 in other translations
| BSB | Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites. |
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| WEB | who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi. |
| ASV | who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi. |
| YLT | and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi. |
| DARBY | And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi. |
| BBE | Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi. |
| Webster | Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. |
What does 1 Chronicles 9:18 mean?
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1 Chronicles 9:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 9:18
- Ezekiel 46:1-2
Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Acts 3:11
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12-19
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. And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. …
- Ezekiel 44:2-3
Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
- 2 Kings 11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
- 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.
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the king's.
1Ki 10:5; 2Ki 11:19; Eze 44:2,3; 46:1,2; Ac 3:11
they.
26:12-19
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
- 1 Chronicles 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 9:19
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles 9:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y hasta ahora entre las cuadrillas de los hijos de Leví han sido estos los porteros en la puerta del rey que está al oriente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils sont jusqu’à maintenant à la porte du roi, au levant; ils étaient les portiers des camps des fils de Lévi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und bis jetzt waren sie im Königstor, gegen Sonnenaufgang. Sie waren die Torhüter der Lager der Söhne Levis. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | usque ad illud tempus, in porta regis ad orientem, observabant per vices suas de filiis Levi. |