1 Chronicles 9:26

1 Chronicles 9:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
• New International Version (NIV)But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:26

24The guards stood on the four sides of the Lord's house: the east, west, north and south sides. 25Their relatives lived in their villages. They came to Jerusalem to help with the work as guards. Each time that they came, they worked there for seven days. There were four faithful Levite guards who led the work. They kept safe the rooms in God's house where they stored valuable things and money. 27They stayed at their places around God's house during each night. It was their work to keep it safe. Each morning they would use their key to open the gates. 28Some of the guards kept safe the valuable things that the priests used when they served the Lord. The guards counted those things when the priests brought them in. They counted them again when the priests took them out.

1 Chronicles 9:26 word by word

כִּ֣י בֶאֱמוּנָ֞ה הֵ֗מָּה אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ גִּבֹּרֵ֣י הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים הֵ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהָיוּ֙ עַל־הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל הָאֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For these Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• chiefגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• portersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• set officeאֱמוּנָה'ĕmûnâh 'ĕmûnâh · faithfulnessH530
• and were over the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• and treasuriesאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:26

• 1 Chronicles 26:20Other Levites kept the valuable things in the temple safe. That included the money and the gifts that people had offered to God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:5As soon as the Israelite people received Hezekiah's message, they brought their gifts to the temple. They brought the first part of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey and all the crops that grew in their fields. They brought one tenth part of all the food that they grew, so there was a lot of it.
• Nehemiah 10:38When the Levites receive their tithes, a priest of Aaron's family will be with them. Then the Levites will bring a tenth part of the tithes that they received to store in the temple.
• Nehemiah 13:5Eliashib let Tobiah use one of these rooms in the temple. It was a large room where they had stored the grain offerings, the incense and the special plates and tools that they used in the temple. They also stored the tithes of grain, wine and olive oil in that room. These gifts were for the Levites, the temple singers and guards, and also for the priests.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Rather, “For the four chief porters, who were themselves Levites, were in trust, who also had the charge of the chambers, etc.” A contrast seems intended between the four chief porters, whose charge was constant, and the remainder, who kept watch by turns.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. 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 9:26

• Levites
• Porters
• Treasure-Houses

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• House of God
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Genealogy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Port; Porter
• Priests and Levites

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