1 Chronicles 26:19

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:19

17On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two. 18At the Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari. 20The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts. 21The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers’ households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.

1 Chronicles 26:19 word by word

אֵ֗לֶּה מַחְלְקוֹת֙ הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הַקָּרְחִ֖י וְלִבְנֵ֥י מְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• were the divisionsמַחֲלֹ֫קֶתmachălôqeth · divisionH4256
• of the gatekeepersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Korahקׇרְחִיqorchîy · KorahiteH7145
• and of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:19

• Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?”

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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:19

• Porters

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Kore
• Adonijah
• David
• Division
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Merari
• Port; Porter

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