1 Chronicles 9:18

18 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.

1 Chronicles 9:18 in Other Translations

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

18 until then they were in the king's gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.

18 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.

18 and up to now the security guard at the King's Gate on the east. They also served as security guards at the camps of Levite families.

18 who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

18 Formerly, they were stationed at the king's gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters.

18 he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

18 He was stationed at the King's Gate on the east side of the temple. That duty has continued to this very day. Those guards belonged to the camp of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:18

Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward
At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at the east of it; and here these porters were placed in the same order after the captivity, and their return from it, as before:

they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi;
or in the camp of Levi, which was placed around the tabernacle, as in the wilderness: the Septuagint version is, "these are the gates of the camp of the children of Levi"; at which these porters were placed.

1 Chronicles 9:18 In-Context

16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief

18 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.

19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 26:14; Ezekiel 43:1; Ezekiel 46:1