1 Chronicles 9:18
New International Version
being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.

New Living Translation
Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King’s Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

English Standard Version
until then they were in the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.

Berean Standard Bible
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

King James Bible
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

New King James Version
Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.

New American Standard Bible
being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

NASB 1995
being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

NASB 1977
being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

Legacy Standard Bible
being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

Amplified Bible
who until now was assigned to the king’s gate on the east side) they were the gatekeepers for the camp of the Levites.

Christian Standard Bible
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

American Standard Version
who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Contemporary English Version
and for a long time they had been the guards at the King's Gate on the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors guarded the entrance to the Levite camp.

English Revised Version
who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Formerly, they were stationed at the king's gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters.

Good News Translation
Down to that time members of their clans had been stationed at the eastern entrance to the King's Gate. Formerly they had stood guard at the gates to the camps of the Levites.

International Standard Version
He used to be stationed in the King's Gate on the east side as one of the gatekeepers of the camp belonging to the descendants of Levi.

Majority Standard Bible
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

NET Bible
he serves to this day at the King's Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

New Heart English Bible
who were previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east: they were the gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

World English Bible
who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and until now they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Young's Literal Translation
and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Smith's Literal Translation
And hitherto in the king's gate from the sunrising: they keeping the gate for the camps of the sons of Levi.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For until that time, at the gate of the king to the east, the sons of Levi served in their turns.

New American Bible
Previously they had stood guard at the king’s gate on the east side; now they became gatekeepers for the encampments of the Levites.

New Revised Standard Version
stationed previously in the king’s gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters in the companies of the descendants of Levi.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Thus far is the eastern gate of the King. These were the Doorkeepers who stand by the Guards of the children of Levi.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and he waited hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The People of Jerusalem
17These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief; 18 he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites. 19Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.…

Cross References
Nehemiah 11:19
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

1 Chronicles 26:1-19
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. / Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, / Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh. ...

1 Chronicles 23:1-5
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. / Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. / The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000. ...

2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

2 Chronicles 23:19
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.

1 Chronicles 6:31-32
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

1 Chronicles 15:23-24
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark. / Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

1 Chronicles 16:37-42
So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, / along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. / And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon ...

1 Chronicles 24:1-19
These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. / But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. / With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service. ...

1 Chronicles 25:1-7
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: / From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. / From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD. ...

1 Chronicles 27:1-15
This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division: / Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division. / He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month. ...

2 Chronicles 31:2
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

2 Chronicles 35:15
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

Ezra 3:10
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

Nehemiah 12:24-25
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. / Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.


Treasury of Scripture

Who till now waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

Who hitherto waited.

the king's

1 Kings 10:5
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

2 Kings 11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

Ezekiel 44:2,3
Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut…

they

1 Chronicles 26:12-19
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…

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1. The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2. The Israelites
10. The priests
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Until then
This phrase suggests a transition or a change in duty or location. In the context of 1 Chronicles, which often deals with genealogies and the organization of temple service, "until then" indicates a shift in responsibilities or roles. Historically, this reflects the dynamic nature of service in the temple, where roles could change based on divine direction or practical needs. The Hebrew root here implies a continuity up to a certain point, emphasizing God's sovereign timing in the lives of His people.

they had been stationed
The Levites, who are the subject here, were assigned specific duties in the temple. The Hebrew word for "stationed" conveys a sense of being set or established in a particular role. This reflects the order and structure God ordained for His house, highlighting the importance of each person's role in the community of faith. It underscores the idea that God places each believer in a specific position for His purposes, and faithfulness in that role is a form of worship.

at the King’s Gate
The King’s Gate was a significant location, likely referring to a gate used by the king or a gate of prominence. In ancient Near Eastern cities, gates were places of authority, judgment, and commerce. Being stationed at the King’s Gate implies a position of trust and responsibility. Spiritually, this can be seen as a metaphor for being placed in positions where one can influence and uphold righteousness, serving as a guardian of what is holy and just.

on the east side
The east side of the temple or city was often considered the most important, as it faced the rising sun, symbolizing new beginnings and divine presence. Biblically, the east holds significant meaning, as the Garden of Eden was planted in the east, and the glory of the Lord often comes from the east (Ezekiel 43:2). This positioning signifies readiness to receive God’s presence and to act as a watchman for His people. It reminds believers of the importance of being vigilant and prepared for the Lord’s coming.

(18) They were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.--Rather, They are warders for the camps of the sons of Levi. (Comp. Numbers 3:23 et seq. where it is prescribed that the Levites encamp on the four sides of the tabernacle.) The primitive terminology is used in order to convey the idea that the Levitical wardership of the Temple went back historically to that of the Mosaic sanctuary.

Verse 18. - Hitherto (so John 5:17). The reference must be to Shallum, for see vers. 24-26 and Ezekiel 46:1-3. The meaning of the remaining sentence of this verse is, "These were the gate-keepers for the Levite encampments side," or what, in later temple times, answered to it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
he was previously stationed at the King’s
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Gate
בְּשַׁ֥עַר (bə·ša·‘ar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

on the east side.
מִזְרָ֑חָה (miz·rā·ḥāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4217: Place of sunrise, the east

These
הֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

were the gatekeepers
הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper

from the camp
לְמַחֲנ֖וֹת (lə·ma·ḥă·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

of the Levites.
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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