So they came and called out to the city gatekeepers, and told them, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, and look, there was not a single soul there, no human voice—just the horses and the donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.”
1 Chronicles 9:24 - Tree of Life Version The gatekeepers were posted on the four sides, 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 out to the city gatekeepers, and told them, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, and look, there was not a single soul there, no human voice—just the horses and the donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.”
They and their sons were guards of the gates of the House of Adonai, that is, the Tabernacle.
Their kinsmen in their villages were to come from time to time and serve with them for seven days.
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.