Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
being stationed until now at
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
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.
Themes
the Levites » Services of » Keeping the gates of the temple
Porters » Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king's palace, and doors of the temple
Topics
Interlinear
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Mizrach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Exiles Who Resettled In Jerusalem
17
And the porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the head.
18 being stationed until now at
Cross References
Ezekiel 46:1-2
Thus hath the Lord GOD said: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; and the day of the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the same manner it shall be opened the day of the new moon.
1 Kings 10:5
likewise the food of his table and the sitting of his slaves and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, and his butlers and his burnt offering which he sacrificed in the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
2 Kings 11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds and the captains and the guard and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
1 Chronicles 26:12-19
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another two by two, to minister in the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 44:2-3
Then the LORD said unto me: This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Acts 3:11
And as the lame man who was healed held onto Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.