Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 gatekeepers are Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum is the head; 18 and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi. 19 And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, are over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers are over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entrance;
Cross References
Ezekiel 46:1-2
'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened;
1 Kings 10:5
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.
2 Kings 11:19
and taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the executioners, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they bring down the king from the house of Jehovah, and come by the way of the gate of the runners, to the house of the king, and he sitteth on the throne of the kings.
1 Chronicles 26:12-19
According to these are the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones are charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,
Ezekiel 44:2-3
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.
Acts 3:11
And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's -- greatly amazed,