1 Chronicles 9:23
in 1 Chronicles 9So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.
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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe oversight - Namely, in David's time. Tabernacle - This is added to explain what he means by the house of the Lord, not that tabernacle which David had set up for the ark; but that more solemn tabernacle, which Moses had made by God's express command; which in David's time was at Gibeon; in which God was worshipped until the temple was built.
This site's exposition
were two hundred and twelve
on 1 Chronicles 9:22-27
Two hundred and twelve gatekeepers stand under an office David and Samuel the seer together ordained, set at four posts toward the compass, and organized so that villages send fresh watches every seven days while four chief porters never rotate off, remaining over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. Verse 27 states the office in its own terms: they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them, a trust measured in keys held rather than words preached. Henry reads the whole company as ministers who kept near their work so they could give themselves wholly to it, the same discipline Levites once kept camped around the wilderness tabernacle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord,.... They that were appointed in David's time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary: namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards; that which was at Gibeon in David's time, and now one was erected until the temple was built.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵ֨ם | vehem | and they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| וּבְנֵיהֶ֜ם | uveneihem | and descendants their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [were] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַשְּׁעָרִ֧ים | hashearim | the gates | H8179 → | 374 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | of [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְבֵ֥ית־ | leveit- | of [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֹ֖הֶל | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃ | lemishmarot | to guards | H4931 → | 78 times |
וְהֵ֨םand they
vehemH1992 →553 times
וּבְנֵיהֶ֜םand descendants their
uveneihemH1121 →4930 times
עַל־[were] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַשְּׁעָרִ֧יםthe gates
hashearimH8179 →374 times
לְבֵית־of [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְבֵ֥ית־of [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
הָאֹ֖הֶלthe tent
haohelH168 →345 times
לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃to guards
lemishmarotH4931 →78 times
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 23:32So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:53
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
- Numbers 3:6–9
“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- Numbers 3:38
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service…
- 1 Chronicles 9:27
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
- Numbers 1:53
Through
Ezekiel 44:14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:28–32
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and…
- Numbers 18:4
They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28–32
Through
Nehemiah 12:45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
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 23:28
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and…
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–26
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.