and with them their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphalehu and Mikneiahu, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
1 Chronicles 26:1 - Tree of Life Version The divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition FOR THE divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was: Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. American Standard Version (1901) For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. Common English Bible The divisions of the gatekeepers: from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, Kore’s son, one of Ebiasaph’s family. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the divisions of the porters were, from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph. |
and with them their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphalehu and Mikneiahu, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 for praising Adonai “with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari;
He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the House of Adonai so that no one who was ritually impure for any reason could enter.
Following the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the kohanim for their avodah and the Levites for their duties—to praise and minister alongside the kohanim according to the daily assignment—and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate, because this is what David the man of God had commanded.
For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song.
Yet they will be ministers in My Sanctuary, overseers of the gates of the House and ministering in the House. They will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people. They will stand before them to minister to them.