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 26:12 - Revised Standard Version These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brethren did, ministering in the house of the Lord; 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. |
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.”
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
and they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
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 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings.
The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not need to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.