1 Chronicles 9:24

1 Chronicles 9:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
• New International Version (NIV)The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:24

22The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements. David and the seer Samuel had appointed them to their trusted positions. 23So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the Lord’s temple, which had been the tent-temple. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. 25Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days, 26but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 9:24 word by word

לְאַרְבַּ֣ע רוּח֔וֹת יִהְי֖וּ הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים מִזְרָ֥ח יָ֖מָּה צָפ֥וֹנָה וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• quartersרוּחַrûach · spirit: sideH7307
• were the portersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• toward the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• and southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:24

• 1 Chronicles 26:14The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:24

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-34The Chronicler explains how people and institutions returning from the exile in Babylon connected with the past. The Levites and priests are important in this summary of Israel. The Chronicler believes they were central to the nation's organization. They were vital to Israel's success as a nation with God as king. The Chronicler used ancient records from Moses and David (1 Chronicles 9:19–22) to describe each group's homeland and rank.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261Ch 9:1-26. Original Registers of Israel and Judah's Genealogies. 1. all Israel were reckoned by genealogies--From the beginning of the Hebrew nation, public records were kept, containing a registration of the name of every individual, as well as the tribe and family to which he belonged. "The book of the kings of Israel and Judah" does not refer to the two canonical books that are known in Scripture by that name, but to authenticated copies of those…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 9:24

• Porters

In the dictionaries

• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Four
• Genealogy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Port; Porter
• Dan
• trust, trusted, trustworthy, trustworthiness

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary