1 Chronicles 9:23

1 Chronicles 9:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
• New International Version (NIV)They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
• New Living Translation (NLT)These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:23

21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 22All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office. So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment. 24The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south. 25And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.

1 Chronicles 9:23 word by word

וְהֵ֨ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֜ם עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֧ים לְבֵית־יְהוָ֛ה לְבֵ֥ית־הָאֹ֖הֶל לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So they and their childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• the oversight of the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of the tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• by wardsמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:23

• 1 Chronicles 23:32and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 23:19And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.
• Nehemiah 12:45Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David and Solomon his son.
• Ezekiel 44:10“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:23

• 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 9:23

• Porters

In the dictionaries

• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Doorkeeper
• Genealogy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Port; Porter
• Ward
• Dan
• trust, trusted, trustworthy, trustworthiness

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