21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.


In Context

18 being stationed at the King's Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.

19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the Tent just as their fathers had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord .

20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.

21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

22 Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.

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

1st Chronicles 9:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah is gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.