Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Chronicles 9:18
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he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
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Who hitherto [waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
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who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
who hitherto [waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
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1 Chronicles 9
16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
18 he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
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