1 Chronicles 9:19 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And 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. {gates: Heb. thresholds}”

1 Chronicles 9:19

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And the porters {were}, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum {was} the chief;

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

And 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. {gates: Heb. thresholds}

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, {and} the LORD {was} with him.

{And} Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah {was} porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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1 Chronicles 9:1

"So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they {were} written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, {who} were carried away to Babylon for their transgression."

1 Chronicles 9:2

"Now the first inhabitants that {dwelt} in their possessions in their cities {were}, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims."

1 Chronicles 9:3

"And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;"

1 Chronicles 9:4

"Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah."

1 Chronicles 9:5

"And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons."

1 Chronicles 9:6

"And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety."

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