1 Chronicles 9:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

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  • 1 Chr 26:20-27 : 20 And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things. 21 The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord. 23 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: 24 And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores. 25 And his brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. 26 Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord. 27 From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 31:5-9 : 5 And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store. 6 And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses. 7 The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete. 8 And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel. 9 Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods. 10 And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people; and there is this great store which has not been used. 11 Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done. 12 And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.
  • Neh 10:38-39 : 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house; 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.
  • Neh 13:5 : 5 Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 9:27-29
    3 verses
    85%

    27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

    28Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.

    29And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    82%

    12Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 9:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.

    18Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.

    19And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.

  • 1 Chr 9:21-25
    5 verses
    80%

    21Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

    22There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.

    23So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

    24There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.

    25And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.

  • 2 Chr 34:13
    80%

    13Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

  • 1 Chr 26:17-20
    4 verses
    78%

    17On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

    18For the pillared way, on the west, four at the footway and two at the pillared way itself.

    19These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

    20And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

  • 2 Chr 23:4
    78%

    4This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;

  • Neh 12:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

    25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.

    26These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

  • Neh 11:16
    76%

    16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;

  • 1 Chr 9:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

    34These were heads of families of the Levites in their generations, chief men; they were living at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 31:14
    75%

    14And Kore, the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east door, had control of the offerings freely given to God, and the distribution of the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.

  • 1 Chr 23:28
    75%

    28Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

  • Neh 13:5
    75%

    5Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

  • 1 Chr 15:18
    74%

    18And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Bani and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.

  • 2 Chr 35:15
    74%

    15And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

  • 2 Chr 8:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

    15All the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    74%

    4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

  • 1 Chr 15:23
    73%

    23And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

  • Ezra 8:29
    73%

    29Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

  • Ezek 40:45-46
    2 verses
    73%

    45And he said to me, This room, facing south, is for the priests who have the care of the house.

    46And the room facing north is for the priests who have the care of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who, from among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord to do the work of his house.

  • 2 Kgs 22:4
    73%

    4Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

  • Neh 12:44-45
    2 verses
    73%

    44And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

    45And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

  • Num 8:26
    72%

    26But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.

  • 1 Chr 28:13
    72%

    13And for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work in connection with the worship of the house of the Lord, and all the vessels used in the house of the Lord;

  • 2 Chr 31:16
    72%

    16As well as to all the males, of three years old and over, listed by their families, who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day, for their special work with their divisions.

  • 1 Chr 16:38
    72%

    38And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

  • Neh 10:39
    72%

    39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.

  • Neh 13:13
    72%

    13And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

  • Neh 13:30
    72%

    30So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

  • Neh 7:1
    72%

    1Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

  • Neh 11:19
    72%

    19In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.

  • 1 Chr 26:26
    71%

    26Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 24:11
    71%

    11So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.