Parallel Verses
King James Version
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
New American Standard Bible
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and
Holman Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”
International Standard Version
with 4,000 gatekeepers, and with 4,000 offering praises to the LORD with the musical instruments that I have had crafted."
A Conservative Version
and four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised LORD with the instruments which I made, [David said], to praise therewith.
American Standard Version
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.
Amplified
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
Bible in Basic English
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
Darby Translation
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Julia Smith Translation
And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise.
King James 2000
Moreover four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, for praise.
Lexham Expanded Bible
four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise."
Modern King James verseion
And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.
NET Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship."
New Heart English Bible
four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."
The Emphasized Bible
and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.
Webster
Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.
World English Bible
four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."
Youngs Literal Translation
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.
Themes
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Porters
Chosen Instruments » Trumpets » Full orchestra
David » King of israel » David as musician
Invention » Of musical instruments » By david
Levites » Enrollment of, at mount sinai
Levites » Functions of » Had charge of the temple
the Levites » Services of » Keeping the gates of the temple
the Levites » Services of » Conducting the sacred music
the Levites » David » Divided them into four classes
Music » Trumpets » Full orchestra
Music » Appointed to be used in the temple
Music » Instruments of » Invented by david
Interlinear
'arba`
'eleph
אלף
'eleph
thousand, eleven hundred , variant, twelve hundred
Usage: 504
Halal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 23:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Organizes The Levites
4 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: 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:25-26
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
1 Kings 10:12
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
1 Chronicles 9:17-27
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
1 Chronicles 9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles 15:16-24
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
1 Chronicles 16:41-42
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
1 Chronicles 25:1-7
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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.
2 Chronicles 20:19-21
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
2 Chronicles 35:15
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Ezra 7:7
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Psalm 87:7
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.