1 Chronicles 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
In other versions
who hitherto `waited' in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
ASV
Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.
BBE
And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.
DBY
who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
WEB
and hitherto they `are' at the gate of the king eastward; they `are' the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.
YLT
Who until now waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
ENG
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
WBT
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
BSB
In context
16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Levi