God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 9:25
25Their relatives had to come from their villages from time to time. They would come to serve under the gatekeepers’ supervision for a period of seven days.
1 Chronicles 9:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
- New International Version (NIV)Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.
Context of 1 Chronicles 9:25
23So they and their descendants were assigned to be gatekeepers for the Lord’s house, that is, the tent. 24The gatekeepers were on the four sides (east, west, north, and south). Their relatives had to come from their villages from time to time. They would come to serve under the gatekeepers’ supervision for a period of seven days. 26The four chief Levite gatekeepers were in charge of the rooms and treasures in God’s temple because of their faithfulness. 27They would spend the night stationed around God’s temple because they had to guard it and open it every morning.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 91 Chronicles 9:25 word by word
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨ם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜ם לָב֨וֹא לְשִׁבְעַ֧ת הַיָּמִ֛ים מֵעֵ֥ת אֶל־עֵ֖ת עִם־אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:25
- 2 Kings 11:5He ordered them, “This is what you must do: One third of you, those who are on duty on the day of rest—a holy day, must guard the royal palace.
- 2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all the Judeans did what the priest Jehoiada had ordered them. Each took his men who were coming on duty on the day of rest—a holy day, as well as those who were about to go off duty. Jehoiada had not dismissed the priestly divisions.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1 Chronicles 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.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
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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
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