12Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.


In Context

9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.

10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

12 Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers houses, for every gate.

14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

1 Chronicles 26:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:12These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the temple of the Lord , just as their relatives had.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having charges like as their brethren, to minister in the house of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12According to these are the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones are charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.