1 Chronicles 26:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 25:8 : 8 ¶ And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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    16To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

    17Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.

    18At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar.

    19These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

    20¶ And of the Levites, Ahijah [was] over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

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    26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

    27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.

    28And [certain] of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

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    22All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

    23So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

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

  • 13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

  • Neh 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

    25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

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

  • 1¶ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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    17And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;

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

    19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.

  • 11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.

  • 13Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.

  • 18And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

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    13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

    14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, [was] over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

    15And next him [were] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in [their] set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

    16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, [even] unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

  • 38And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:

  • 14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • 1 Chr 24:4-6
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    74%

    4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar [there were] sixteen chief men of the house of [their] fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

    5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

    6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar.

  • 19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

    7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

  • 8¶ And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

  • 42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, [in] all an hundred thirty and nine.

  • Neh 12:45-46
    2 verses
    73%

    45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son.

    46For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

  • 4This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors;

  • 31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

  • 15And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  • 12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

  • 12And their brethren that did the work of the house [were] eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

  • 45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

  • 16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

  • 26Which Shelomith and his brethren [were] over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

  • 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches.

  • 22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, [which were] over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

  • 4Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:

  • 23And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.