So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
1 Chronicles 9:24 - Revised Standard Version CI The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides [of the house of the Lord]–on the east, west, north, and south. American Standard Version (1901) On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. Common English Bible The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. Catholic Public Domain Version At the four directions, there were gatekeepers, that is, at the east, and at the west, and at the north, and at the south. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south. |
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
and their kinsmen who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, to be with these;
According to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.