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1 Chronicles 9:18

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Who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

Who hitherto waited in the king's {H4428} gate {H8179} eastward {H4217}: they were porters {H7778} in the companies {H4264} of the children {H1121} of Levi {H3878}.

Previously they had guarded the king's gate to the east; they were gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi.

Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 46:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

  • Ezekiel 46:2 (4 votes)

    And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:12 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:19 (2 votes)

    These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

  • Ezekiel 44:2 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 44:3 (2 votes)

    [It is] for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

  • 2 Kings 11:19 (2 votes)

    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.