So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp, but there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
2 Chronicles 23:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jehoiada set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. American Standard Version (1901) And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in. Common English Bible He posted guards at the gates of the LORD’s temple so that no one who was unclean in any way could enter. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in. |
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp, but there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside 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.