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1 Chronicles 9:18

Levi

16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

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BSB
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
KJV
Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
WEB
who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
ASV
who hitherto [waited] in the king`s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
DARBY
And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.
BLB
and until then at the Gate of the King on the east they [had been] the gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi.
ÅB
og like til nå står de[^2] ved Kongeporten, mot øst. Dette var portnerne i Levis barns leire.
OTB
Inntil nå hadde han vært ved kongens port mot øst. Disse var portvaktene for leiren til Levis sønner.
B1930
og like til nu står de ved Kongeporten, mot øst. Dette var portnerne i Levis barns leire. / < d.e. Sallums efterkommere.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Ezekiel 46:1–2

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

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  • Acts 3:11

    And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:12–19

    Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 44:2–3

    Then said the LORD 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, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 10:5

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

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