2 Chronicles 23 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 23:4

This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
2 Chronicles 23:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 23:4 in other translations

BSBThis is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
WEBThis is the thing that you must do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the thresholds.
ASVThis is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
YLT‘This is the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, are for gatekeepers of the thresholds,
DARBYThis is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors;
BBEThis is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;
WebsterThis is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

What does 2 Chronicles 23:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:4-9
4-9. This is the thing that ye shall do--The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion.

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

2 Chronicles 23:4 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.

זֶ֥הzehthisH2088
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Var[is] the thingH1697
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
תַּעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֨יתha.she.li.Shitthe third [part]H7992
מִכֶּ֜םmi.Kemof you
בָּאֵ֣יba.'Ei[who] come ofH935
הַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.Batthe sabbathH7676
לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙la.ko.ha.Nimto the priestsH3548
וְלַלְוִיִּ֔םve.lal.vi.Yimand to the LevitesH3881
לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖יle.sho.'a.Rei[will become] <into> [the] gatekeepers ofH7778
הַסִּפִּֽים\׃ha.si.Pimthe thresholdsH5592

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 23:4

  • Luke 1:8-9

    And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

  • 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 24:3-6

    And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:13-16

    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. 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 23:3-6

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges: Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
entering.
1Ch 23:3-6; 24:3-6; Lu 1:8,9
porters.
1Ch 26:13-16
doors. Heb. thresholds.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 23:3

    And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:4

    This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

  • 2 Chronicles 23:5

    And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 23:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Lo que habéis de hacer es: la tercera parte de vosotros, los que entran de semana, estarán de porteros con los sacerdotes y los Levitas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est ici ce que vous ferez: un tiers d’entre vous qui entrez le jour du sabbat, sacrificateurs et lévites, sera chargé de la garde des seuils;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dies ist es, was ihr tun sollt: Ein Drittel von euch, die ihr am Sabbath antretet, von den Priestern und von den Leviten, soll Türhüter der Schwellen sein;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Iste est ergo sermo quem facietis: