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.’
2 Chronicles 34:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also had oversight of the burden bearers and all who did work in any kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers. American Standard Version (1901) Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. Common English Bible were also in charge of the laborers and all the workers, no matter what their jobs, while some of the Levites served as scribes, officials, and guards. Catholic Public Domain Version Truly, scribes and teachers, from among the Levites who were porters, were over those who were carrying burdens for various uses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But over them that carried burdens for divers uses were scribes, and masters of the number of the Levites, and porters. |
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.’
With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
He assigned Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the city gate.
The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
‘Note that Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all matters related to the Lord, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all matters related to the king, and the Levites are officers in your presence. Be strong; may the Lord be with those who do what is good.’
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, four million four hundred thousand litres of wheat flour, four million four hundred thousand litres of barley, four hundred and forty thousand litres of wine, and four hundred and forty thousand litres of oil.
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.
These were King Solomon’s district governors: 250 who supervised the people.
According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each temple gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
In Judah, it was said: The strength of the labourer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.
‘How can you claim, “We are wise; the law of the Lord is with us”? In fact, the lying pen of scribes has produced falsehood.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,