The diseased men came and called to the city’s gatekeepers and told them, ‘We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there #– #no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.’
1 Chronicles 26:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the Lord’s temple, just as their relatives did. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even of the chief men, having duties, as did their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible These were the divisions of the gatekeepers with their leaders, who were responsible to minister in the LORD’s temple, along with their relatives. Catholic Public Domain Version These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord. |
The diseased men came and called to the city’s gatekeepers and told them, ‘We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there #– #no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.’
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were thirteen in all.
They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.
So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the Lord’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God to distribute the contribution to the Lord and the consecrated things.
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate. None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.