26But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.


In Context

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

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.

25 Their brothers in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.

26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.

27 They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

1st Chronicles 9:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:26To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:26for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:26for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in a set office, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in the house of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.