1 Chronicles 9:24

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.

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1 Chronicles 9:24 in Other Translations

KJV

24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

ESV

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.

NLT

24 The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.

MSG

24 the main security guards were posted at the four entrances, east, west, north, and south;

CSB

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

1 Chronicles 9:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:24

In four quarters were the porters
For, according to the Targum on ( 1 Chronicles 9:22 ) there were twenty four wards:

towards the east, west, north, and south;
and, as the same paraphrase has it, six wards to the east, six to the west, six to the north, and six to the south.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 9:24 In-Context

22 Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.

23 They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the tent of meeting.

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.

25 Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.

26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:24

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1 Chronicles 9:24 Meaning and Commentary

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