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1 Chronicles 9:26

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But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

KJV

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,.... The four chief porters who were over all the two hundred and twelve, and had one over them, 1Ch 9:17, these were never changed, nor went into the country villages; but were always upon the spot, and in their office, superintending the rest: and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God; see 1Ch 26:20.

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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

Rather, “For the four chief porters, who were themselves Levites, were in trust, who also had the charge of the chambers, etc.” A contrast seems intended between the four chief porters, whose charge was constant, and the remainder, who kept watch by turns.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בֶאֱמוּנָ֞הin faithfulness

    veemunahH530 →49 times

  • הֵ֗מָּהthey

    hemahH1992 →553 times

  • אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙[the] four

    ʾarbaatH702 →318 times

  • גִּבֹּרֵ֣י[the] mighty [ones] of

    giboreiH1368 →158 times

  • הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔יםthe gatekeepers

    hashoarimH7778 →37 times

  • הֵ֖םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֑ם[were] the Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְהָיוּ֙and they were

    vehayuH1961 →3559 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹתthe store-rooms

    haleshakhotH3957 →47 times

  • וְעַ֥לand over

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • הָאֹצְר֖וֹתthe treasuries of

    haotzerotH214 →79 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Nehemiah 10:38A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.4 worksJeremiah 35:2“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”4 worksEzekiel 40:17Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,3 works1 Chronicles 26:20–27Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.2 works2 Chronicles 31:5–12As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.2 worksNehemiah 13:5and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
John 8:20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.2 works1 Chronicles 9:31A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.2 worksNehemiah 12:44And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.2 works1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.2 worksEzekiel 40:7Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.2 works

The walk

4 stops

Each 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

    Nehemiah 13:5

    and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites,…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 10:38

      A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the…

    • Numbers 18:21–24

      Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

    • Nehemiah 12:44

      And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these…

    • 2 Chronicles 34:11

      They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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