1 Chronicles 26:13

1 Chronicles 26:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
• New International Version (NIV)Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:13

11Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 12Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah. And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate. 14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward; 15to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.

1 Chronicles 26:13 word by word

וַיַּפִּ֨ילוּ גוֹרָל֜וֹת כַּקָּטֹ֧ן כַּגָּד֛וֹל לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֥עַר וָשָֽׁעַר׃ פRead the interlinear

• castנָפַלnâphal · to fall: allotH5307
• lotsגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:13

• 1 Chronicles 24:31These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, — the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13They cast lots - for every gate - None of these captains or their companies were permitted to choose which gate they would guard, but each took his appointment by lot.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. they cast lots--Their departments of duty, such as the gates they should attend to, were allotted in the same manner as those of the other Levitical bodies, and the names of the chiefs or captains are given, with the respective gates assigned them.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:13

• Lot, the
• Porters

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Adonijah
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Merari
• Port; Porter
• Temple
• Elkanah, or Elkonah

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary