Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

King James Version

Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

Holman Bible

he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

International Standard Version

He used to be stationed in the King's Gate on the east side as one of the gatekeepers of the camp belonging to the descendants of Levi.

A Conservative Version

who formerly [served] in the king's gate eastward. They were the porters for the camp of the sons of Levi.

American Standard Version

who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Amplified

who until now was assigned to the king’s gate on the east side) they were the gatekeepers for the camp of the Levites.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.

Julia Smith Translation

And hitherto in the king's gate from the sunrising: they keeping the gate for the camps of the sons of Levi.

King James 2000

Who until then waited in the king's gate eastward: they were gatekeepers in the camp of the children of Levi.

Lexham Expanded Bible

until then they [were] gatekeepers at the gate of the king on the east [side] toward the camps of the Levites.

Modern King James verseion

And before they were at the king's gate eastward, they were gatekeepers in the companies of the sons of Levi.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For unto the time they had watched at the king's gate eastward in the tents of the children of Levi by companies.

NET Bible

he serves to this day at the King's Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

New Heart English Bible

who were previously stationed at the king's gate on the east: they were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.

The Emphasized Bible

and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward, - the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps 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.

World English Bible

who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Youngs Literal Translation

and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

מזרח 
Mizrach 
Usage: 73

שׁער שׁוער 
Show`er 
Usage: 37

in the companies
מחנה 
Machaneh 
Usage: 216

Context Readings

Exiles Who Resettled In Jerusalem

17 Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief 18 being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi. 19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.



Cross References

Ezekiel 46:1-2

‘Thus says the Lord God, “The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.

1 Kings 10:5

the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

2 Kings 11:19

He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

1 Chronicles 26:12-19

To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the Lord.

Ezekiel 44:2-3

The Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.

Acts 3:11

While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

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