1 Chronicles 9:23
New International Version
They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the tent of meeting.

New Living Translation
These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the LORD when that house was a tent.

English Standard Version
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

Berean Standard Bible
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

King James Bible
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

New King James Version
So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.

New American Standard Bible
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tent, in their divisions of service.

NASB 1995
So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.

NASB 1977
So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, as those who kept watch.

Amplified Bible
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tabernacle, as guards.

Christian Standard Bible
So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the LORD’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the LORD’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.

American Standard Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they appointed them and their children that they would be to keep these doors of the house of LORD JEHOVAH and the house of the Time Tabernacle and the watch garrisons.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.

Contemporary English Version
and now they guarded the temple gates.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

English Revised Version
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they and their descendants were assigned to be gatekeepers for the LORD's house, that is, the tent.

Good News Translation
They and their descendants continued to guard the gates to the Temple.

International Standard Version
so they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the House of the Tent, as guardians.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the Tent, by wards.

Literal Standard Version
And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of YHWH, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

Majority Standard Bible
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

New American Bible
Thus they and their sons kept guard over the gates of the house of the LORD, the house which was then a tent.

NET Bible
They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD's sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

New Revised Standard Version
So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

New Heart English Bible
So they and their descendants had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, by wards.

Webster's Bible Translation
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

World English Bible
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.

Young's Literal Translation
And they and their sons are over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

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Context
The People of Jerusalem
22The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust. 23So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD— the house called the Tent. 24The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:22
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

1 Chronicles 9:24
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Ezekiel 40:45
Then the man said to me: "The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,


Treasury of Scripture

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

the oversight

1 Chronicles 23:32
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

Nehemiah 12:45
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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1 Chronicles 9
1. The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2. The Israelites
10. The priests
14. and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27. The charge of certain Levites
35. The stock of Saul and Jonathan














(23) Namely, the house of the tabernacle.--For the Temple was not built in David's day

By wards.-- For Watches.

Verses 23-26. - (See above and 1 Chronicles 26:12-19.) For the chief porters, Bertheau suggests, as an analogous expression, στρατηγοῖ (Luke 22:52). The chambers. We have the account of Solomon's building of these in 1 Kings 6:5-10, 16, 19; it is scarcely likely that the "chamber of mattresses" of 2 Kings 11:2 was one of these, though the language of the following verse looks that way (comp. also Ezekiel 46:5-11). And treasuries. These were store-houses (הָאועְרות) for gold, silver, as pertaining to the temple, though of corn, etc., in other connections (1 Kings 7:51; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 27:25).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So they
וְהֵ֨ם (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

and their descendants
וּבְנֵיהֶ֜ם (ū·ḇə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

were assigned to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

guard
לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃ (lə·miš·mā·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

the gates
הַשְּׁעָרִ֧ים (haš·šə·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

of the house
לְבֵית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD—
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the house
לְבֵ֥ית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

called the Tent.
הָאֹ֖הֶל (hā·’ō·hel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent


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