Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

2 Chronicles 23:4

2 So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,

3 the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.

This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,

5 a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.

6 No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
KJV
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
WEB
This is the thing that you must do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the thresholds.
ASV
This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
DARBY
This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors;
BLB
This [is] the thing that you⁺ shall do: A third of you⁺ entering on the Sabbath of the priests and the Levites [shall be] gatekeepers of the thresholds,
ÅB
Hør nå hva dere skal gjøre: Den ene tredjedel av dere, de prester og levitter som tiltreder vakttjenesten på sabbaten, skal stå vakt ved dørtresklene,
OTB
Dette er hva dere skal gjøre: en tredjedel av dere, prestene og levittene som kommer inn på sabbaten, skal være portvoktere,
B1930
Hør nu hvad I skal gjøre: Den ene tredjedel av eder, de prester og levitter som tiltreder vakttjenesten på sabbaten, skal stå vakt ved dørtresklene,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references