1 Chronicles 9:18

1 Chronicles 9:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
• New International Version (NIV)being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)until then they were in the king's gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:18

16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief. And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi. 19And 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 thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance. 20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.

1 Chronicles 9:18 word by word

וְֽעַד־הֵ֔נָּה בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מִזְרָ֑חָה הֵ֚מָּה הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לְמַחֲנ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• Leviלֵוִיlêvîy · LeviH3878

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:18

• 1 Kings 10:5and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.
• 2 Kings 11:19And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the bodyguard, and the couriers, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way through the gate of the couriers into the king's house. And he sat upon the throne of the kings.
• Ezekiel 44:2And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter in by it: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; and it shall be shut.
• Ezekiel 46:1Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working-days; but on the sabbath-day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
• Acts 3:11And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
• 1 Chronicles 26:12Among 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.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The king's gate - That by which the kings of Judah went to the temple; see on 2 Kings 16:18; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Who hitherto waited - Translate, “Who to this day waits. These were the porters in the stations of the sons of Levi.” The words of the first clause refer to Shallum, and imply that, whereas Shallum (or his house) had originally the general superintendence of the temple gates, a change had been made when the author wrote, and Shallum‘s charge had become the east gate only. The second clause means; “these were the porters in those fixed stations at the…Read the comment
• 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. 1818. the king's gate--The king had a gate from his palace into the temple (2Ki 16:18), which doubtless was kept constantly closed except for the monarch's use; and although there was no king in Israel on the return from the captivity, yet the old ceremonial was kept up, probably in the hope that the scepter would, ere long, be restored to the house of David. It is an honor by which Eastern kings are distinguished, to have a gate exclusively devoted to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 9:18

• Jerusalem
• Porters

In the dictionaries

• Levi
• Korahites
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Genealogy
• Port; Porter
• Dan
• threshold, doorway

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