1 Chronicles 9:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.”
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“Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.”
King James Version · Public Domain“who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and hitherto they <FI>are<Fi> at the gate of the king eastward; they <FI>are<Fi> the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 9:18 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 10:5the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
- 2 Kings 11:19He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
- 2 Kings 16:18And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
- Ezekiel 44:2And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
- Ezekiel 46:1“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
- Acts 3:11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
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