So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
1 Chronicles 9:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.