23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.


In Context

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.

21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

22 All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.

23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

24 On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

1 Chronicles 9:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:23They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord -the house called the Tent.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, [namely,] the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:23As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23And they and their sons are over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.