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1 Chronicles 26:19
19These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
1 Chronicles 26:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
- New International Version (NIV)These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the clans of Korah and Merari.
Context of 1 Chronicles 26:19
17On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse. 18And for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari. 20And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. 21The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
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אֵ֗לֶּה מַחְלְקוֹת֙ הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הַקָּרְחִ֖י וְלִבְנֵ֥י מְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The divisions of the porters - The account of the porters here given makes them only twenty-four in number at any one time; 1 Chronicles 23:5 states that the duty was discharged by 4,000 persons. Perhaps of the 93 chief porters here spoken of 1 Chronicles 26:8-9, 1 Chronicles 26:11, 1 Chronicles 26:24 were always on guard as officers, while of the remaining 3,907, a certain proportion were each day on duty as their subordinates.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. Eastward were six Levites--because the gate there was the most frequented. There were four at the north gate; four at the south, at the storehouse which was adjoining the south, and which had two entrance gates, one leading in a southwesterly direction to the city, and the other direct west, two porters each. At the Parbar towards the west, there were six men posted--four at the causeway or ascent (1Ch 26:16), and two at Parbar, amounting to…Read the comment
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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
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