1 Chronicles 9 · Verse 26

1 Chronicles 9:26

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 9:26, King James Version

1 Chronicles 9:26 in other translations

BSBBut the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
WEBfor the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
ASVfor the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
YLTFor in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,
DARBYFor in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;
BBEFor the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.
WebsterFor these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:26 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בֶאֱמוּנָ֞הve.'e.mu.Nahin faithfulnessH530
הֵ֗מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙'ar.Ba.'at[the] fourH702
גִּבֹּרֵ֣יgi.bo.Rei[the] mighty [ones] ofH1368
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔יםha.sho.'a.Rimthe gatekeepersH7778
הֵ֖םhemtheyH1992
הַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.Yim[were] the LevitesH3881
וְהָיוּ֙ve.ha.Yuand they wereH1961
עַל\־'al-overH5921
הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹתha.le.sha.Khotthe store-roomsH3957
וְעַ֥לve.'Aland overH5921
הָאֹצְר֖וֹתha.'o.tze.Rotthe treasuries ofH214
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִֽים\׃ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 9:26

  • 2 Chronicles 31:5-12

    And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps. In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel. …

  • 1 Chronicles 26:20-27

    And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: …

  • Nehemiah 10:38-39

    And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

  • Nehemiah 13:5

    And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

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set office. or, trust. chambers. or, storehouses.treasuries.
26:20-27; 2Ch 31:5-12; Ne 10:38,39; 13:5

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 9:25

    And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:26

    For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:27

    And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

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1 Chronicles 9:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque cuatro principales de los porteros Levitas estaban en el oficio, y tenían cargo de las cámaras, y de los tesoros de la casa de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car, dans leur charge, ces quatre furent les principaux portiers: ils étaient Lévites; et ils étaient préposés sur les chambres et sur les trésors de la maison de Dieu,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn die vier Vorsteher der Torhüter, sie, die Leviten, waren in Amtspflicht; und sie waren über die Zellen und über die Schätze des Hauses Gottes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
His quatuor Levitis creditus erat omnis numerus janitorum, et erant super exedras et thesauros domus Domini.