Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising.
New American Standard Bible
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and
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.
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 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 these, twenty-four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of Jehovah, and six thousand officers and judges. 5 And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising. 6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:25-26
And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet. For the commandment was by the hand of Jehovah by His prophets.
Amos 6:5
who chant with the mouth of the harp; they invent instruments of music for themselves, like David;
1 Kings 10:12
And the king made of the almug trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
And these are the men whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after the ark had rest.
1 Chronicles 9:17-27
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brothers, Shallum was the chief.
1 Chronicles 9:33
And these were the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites in the chambers, they were free of duty, for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles 15:16-24
And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to choose their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, lyres, and harps, and cymbals, sounding by lifting the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 16:38
also Obed-edom, with their brothers, sixty-eight; and Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 16:41-42
And he left with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were called by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because His mercy endures forever.
1 Chronicles 25:1-7
And David and the army commanders separated to the service those of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were prophets with lyres and with cymbals. And the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 Chronicles 8:14
And according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions 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; and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
2 Chronicles 20:19-21
And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah, the 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 command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's seer. And the gatekeepers were at every gate. It was not for them to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Ezra 7:7
And there went up some of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple slaves, to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Nehemiah 7:73
And the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple slaves, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.
Psalm 87:7
And the singers, the players of the pipe: all my springs are in You!