1 Chronicles 26:16
in 1 Chronicles 26The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, watch against watch.
KJV
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe gate Shallecheth - The gate of the projections: probably that through which all the offal of the temple was carried out.
This site's exposition
having wards one against another
on 1 Chronicles 26:12-19
The chief gatekeepers cast lots for their posts the same way the singers of chapter 25 were assigned by lot rather than preference, small families and great families bound by the same draw. The four gates take the compass points, east to Shelemiah, north to Zechariah, south to Obed-edom, west to Shuppim and Hosah, and two further posts, the house of Asuppim and the gate Shallecheth, are recorded though the temple that will stand around them is not yet built. Twenty-four men on watch at any hour serve a house that still exists only as an assignment on paper.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
All recent commentators seem to be agreed that the words “to Shuppim” ought to be cancelled, the name having arisen from an accidental repetition of the preceding word, “Asuppim.” The gate Shallecheth - literally, “the gate of projection” - the gate, i. e., through which were “thrown out” the sweepings of the temple, the ashes, the offal of the victims, and the like. The causeway of the going up - Compare the marginal reference note. Ward against ward - Or, “watch opposite to watch.” Hosah had in charge both the western gate of the temple, and also the gate Shallecheth, which was in the outer wall, opposite. Hence, he had to keep two watches, one over against the other.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְשֻׁפִּ֤ים | leshupim | to Shuppim | H8206 → | 3 times |
| וּלְחֹסָה֙ | ulechosah | and to Hosah | H2621 → | 5 times |
| לַֽמַּעֲרָ֔ב | lamaarav | to the west | H4628 → | 14 times |
| עִ֚ם | ʾim | beside | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| שַׁלֶּ֔כֶת | shalekhet | Shalleketh | H7996 → | |
| בַּֽמְסִלָּ֖ה | bamsilah | on the highway | H4546 → | |
| הָעוֹלָ֑ה | haolah | which goes up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִשְׁמָ֖ר | mishmar | guard | H4929 → | |
| לְעֻמַּ֥ת | leumat | along side | H5980 → | 32 times |
| מִשְׁמָֽר׃ | mishmar | guard | H4929 → |
לְשֻׁפִּ֤יםto Shuppim
leshupimH8206 →3 times
וּלְחֹסָה֙and to Hosah
ulechosahH2621 →5 times
לַֽמַּעֲרָ֔בto the west
lamaaravH4628 →14 times
עִ֚םbeside
ʾimH5973 →1050 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
שַׁלֶּ֔כֶתShalleketh
shalekhetH7996 →
בַּֽמְסִלָּ֖הon the highway
bamsilahH4546 →
הָעוֹלָ֑הwhich goes up
haolahH5927 →890 times
מִשְׁמָ֖רguard
mishmarH4929 →
לְעֻמַּ֥תalong side
leumatH5980 →32 times
מִשְׁמָֽר׃guard
mishmarH4929 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 25:8They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:13
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
- Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 24:5
Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22
Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
- Leviticus 16:8
After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
- 1 Chronicles 26:13
Through
1 Kings 10:5the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:3
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 5:1
Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…
- Ezekiel 44:3
Through
Nehemiah 12:24The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other,…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–26
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–26
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).