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for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/26.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These are the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Abiasaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites <i>was</i> Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers <i>there were</i> of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers <i>there were</i> of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers <i>there were</i> of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The temple guards were also divided into groups according to clans. Meshelemiah son of Kore was from the Korah clan and was a descendant of Asaph. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites; Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: For Korah's descendants there was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, from the descendants of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These are the assignments of work for the Levites who served as Temple guards. From the clan of Korah there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Asaph. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The guild of trustees included, from the descendants of Korah, Kore's son Meshelemiah from Asaph's descendants; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Abiasaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For the divisions of the gatekeepers, of the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites is Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the divisions to the gates. To the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kora from the sons of Asaph.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the divisions of the porters were, from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As for the divisions of gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, one of the sons of Abiasaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />CONCERNING the divisions of the porters whom David the king appointed as guards: Meshelemiah of the sons of Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The divisions of the Door Keepers whom David the King appointed as Guards: Meshalyah of the sons of Yoseph.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites <i>were</i> Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=7141" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/26.htm">The Divisions of the Gatekeepers</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4256.htm" title="4256: lə·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Division, course. From chalaq; a section.">These were the divisions</a> <a href="/hebrew/7778.htm" title="7778: lə·šō·‘ă·rîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A gatekeeper. Or shomer: active participle of sha'ar; a janitor.">of the gatekeepers:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7145.htm" title="7145: laq·qā·rə·ḥîm (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Korah. Patronymic from Qorach; a Korchite or descendants of Korach.">From the Korahites:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4920.htm" title="4920: mə·še·lem·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- A Levite. Or Mshelemyahuw; from shalam and Yahh; ally of Jah; Meshelemjah, an Israelite.">Meshelemiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/6981.htm" title="6981: qō·rê (N-proper-ms) -- Crier, two Levites. Or Qore; active participle of qara'; crier; Kore, the name of two Israelites.">of Kore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">one of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: ’ā·sāp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-17.htm">1 Chronicles 9:17-27</a></span><br />These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief; / he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites. / Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">1 Chronicles 23:1-6</a></span><br />When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. / Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. / The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/24-1.htm">1 Chronicles 24:1-5</a></span><br />These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. / But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. / With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">1 Chronicles 25:1-8</a></span><br />Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: / From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. / From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-18.htm">1 Chronicles 15:18-24</a></span><br />and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. / The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals. / Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">1 Chronicles 16:37-42</a></span><br />So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, / along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. / And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-32</a></span><br />These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-27.htm">1 Chronicles 12:27-28</a></span><br />including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men, / and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-1.htm">1 Chronicles 27:1-15</a></span><br />This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division: / Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division. / He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a></span><br />In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-4.htm">2 Chronicles 23:4-6</a></span><br />This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors, / a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are to be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD. / No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-11.htm">2 Chronicles 31:11-19</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so. / And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second. / Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-19.htm">Nehemiah 11:19</a></span><br />And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-25.htm">Nehemiah 12:25</a></span><br />Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Nehemiah 13:5</a></span><br />and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.</p><p class="hdg">the divisions</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm">1 Chronicles 26:14</a></b></br> And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/26-15.htm">1 Chronicles 26:15</a></b></br> To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">1 Chronicles 26:16</a></b></br> To Shuppim and Hosah <i>the lot came forth</i> westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.</p><p class="hdg">the porters</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/9-17.htm">1 Chronicles 9:17-27</a></b></br> And the porters <i>were</i>, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum <i>was</i> the chief; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-18.htm">1 Chronicles 15:18,23,24</a></b></br> And with them their brethren of the second <i>degree</i>, 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/23-19.htm">2 Chronicles 23:19</a></b></br> And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none <i>which was</i> unclean in any thing should enter in.</p><p class="hdg">Korhites</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Numbers 26:9-11</a></b></br> And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This <i>is that</i> Dathan and Abiram, <i>which were</i> famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">Psalm 44:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, <i>what</i> work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Psalm 49:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all <i>ye</i> people; give ear, all <i>ye</i> inhabitants of the world:</p><p class="hdg">Meshelemiah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/25-14.htm">1 Chronicles 25:14</a></b></br> The seventh to Jesharelah, <i>he</i>, his sons, and his brethren, <i>were</i> twelve:</p><p class="hdg">Shelemiah </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/6-37.htm">1 Chronicles 6:37</a></b></br> The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm">1 Chronicles 9:19</a></b></br> 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, <i>were</i> over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, <i>being</i> over the host of the LORD, <i>were</i> keepers of the entry.</p><p class="hdg">Ebiasaph </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-1.htm">Courses</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-3.htm">Divisions</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">Doorkeepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">Door-Keepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm">Ebiasaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">Gatekeepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-6.htm">Korahites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-6.htm">Ko'rahites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm">Kore</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-14.htm">Ko're</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-6.htm">Korhites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-21.htm">Meshelemiah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-21.htm">Meshelemi'ah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">Porters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Courses</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Divisions</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Doorkeepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Door-Keepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-23.htm">Ebiasaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Gatekeepers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-19.htm">Korahites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-19.htm">Ko'rahites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-19.htm">Kore</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-14.htm">Ko're</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-19.htm">Korhites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-2.htm">Meshelemiah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-2.htm">Meshelemi'ah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Porters</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">The divisions of the porters</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">The gates assigned by lot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-20.htm">The Levites that had charge of the treasures</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-29.htm">Officers and judges</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/26.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>These were the divisions</b><br />The term "divisions" refers to the organized groups or courses into which the gatekeepers were divided. In the Hebrew context, the word used is "מַחְלְקוֹת" (machleqoth), which implies a structured and orderly arrangement. This reflects the importance of order and organization in the service of the temple, emphasizing that God is a God of order (<a href="/1_corinthians/14-33.htm">1 Corinthians 14:33</a>). The divisions ensured that the duties of the gatekeepers were carried out efficiently and with dedication, highlighting the value of stewardship and responsibility in serving God.<p><b>of the gatekeepers</b><br />Gatekeepers, or "שֹׁמְרִים" (shomrim) in Hebrew, were responsible for guarding the entrances to the temple. Their role was crucial in maintaining the sanctity and security of the holy place. Historically, gatekeepers were not just guards but also spiritual sentinels, ensuring that only those who were ceremonially clean could enter. This role underscores the importance of vigilance and purity in worship, reminding believers to guard their hearts and lives against anything that might defile their relationship with God (<a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a>).<p><b>From the Korahites</b><br />The Korahites were descendants of Korah, a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16). Despite their ancestor's rebellion, the Korahites were later restored to a position of honor and service in the temple. This transformation is a powerful testament to God's grace and redemption, showing that past failures do not disqualify one from future service. It serves as an encouragement that God can redeem and use anyone for His purposes, regardless of their past.<p><b>Meshelemiah</b><br />Meshelemiah, whose name means "friend of Jehovah" or "Jehovah repays," was a leader among the gatekeepers. His name reflects a relationship with God characterized by friendship and divine recompense. This highlights the personal nature of service to God, where those who serve are not merely fulfilling duties but are in a relational partnership with the Divine. It is a reminder that God values personal devotion and rewards those who are faithful to Him.<p><b>son of Kore</b><br />Kore, meaning "bald" or "ice," was the father of Meshelemiah. The mention of lineage emphasizes the importance of heritage and legacy in the biblical narrative. It reflects the biblical principle that faith and service are often passed down through generations, encouraging believers to instill godly values in their families. This continuity of faithfulness is a testament to the enduring nature of God's covenant with His people.<p><b>one of the sons of Asaph</b><br />Asaph was a prominent Levite musician and a seer in the time of David, known for his role in leading worship (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-39.htm">1 Chronicles 6:39</a>). The mention of Asaph connects the role of gatekeeping with worship, suggesting that guarding the temple was not just a physical task but also a spiritual act of worship. This connection underscores the holistic nature of service to God, where every role, whether seen as sacred or mundane, is an act of worship and devotion. It encourages believers to view all aspects of their lives as opportunities to honor God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Concerning the divisions of the porters.</span>--Literally, (<span class= "ital">as</span>)<span class= "ital"> to courses to porters.</span> (Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-6.htm" title="And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.">1Chronicles 23:6</a>.) As many as 4,000 Levites were set apart for this function by the king's orders. (Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-25.htm" title="For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:">1Chronicles 23:25</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Of the Korhites was</span> <span class= "bld">Meshelemiah.</span>--<span class= "ital">To</span> <span class= "ital">the Korhites</span> (sons of Korah) belonged <span class= "ital">Meshelemiah son of K?r?.</span> Meshelemiah is called Shelemiah (<a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm" title="And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.">1Chronicles 26:14</a>), and Shallum (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm" title="And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, 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.">1Chronicles 9:19</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Of the sons of Asaph.</span>--Not the chief musician Asaph, who was a Gershonite (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/6-39.htm" title="And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,">1Chronicles 6:39-48</a>); whereas the Korhites were a Kohathite stock (<a href="/exodus/6-21.htm" title="And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.">Exodus 6:21</a>). The name here is evidently an abbreviation of Ebiasaph (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm" title="And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, 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.">1Chronicles 9:19</a>), as Ahaz of Jehoahaz. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - The subject of the porters has been before us in <a href="/1_chronicles/9-17.htm">1 Chronicles 9:17-27</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/15-23.htm">1 Chronicles 15:23, 24</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/16-38.htm">1 Chronicles 16:38</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a>, in which last passage we are told that there were four thousand of the Levites who were porters. The divisions of the porters spoken of in the present chapter were from the sons of Korah or Kore, and Merari (vers. 10, 19). The Korahite porters are given us in the first nine verses. The first mentioned is <span class="cmt_word">Meshelemiah</span>, who, though called the same in vers. 2, 9, appears as Shelemiah in ver. 14, and in <a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm">1 Chronicles 9:19</a> as Shallum. <span class="cmt_word">Asaph</span>, given here as one of the ancestors, must be replaced by Ebi-asaph (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-23.htm">1 Chronicles 6:23, 37</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-19.htm">1 Chronicles 9:19</a>; also <a href="/exodus/6-24.htm">Exodus 6:24</a>), who was a Korahite, whereas Asaph was a Gershonite (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-39.htm">1 Chronicles 6:39, 43</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">These were the divisions</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4256.htm">Strong's 4256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Division, course</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the gatekeepers:</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šō·‘ă·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7778.htm">Strong's 7778: </a> </span><span class="str2">A gatekeeper</span><br /><br /><span class="word">From the Korahites:</span><br /><span class="heb">לַקָּרְחִ֕ים</span> <span class="translit">(laq·qā·rə·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7145.htm">Strong's 7145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Korahites -- descendant of Korah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Meshelemiah</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·še·lem·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4920.htm">Strong's 4920: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meshelemiah -- a Levite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Kore,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹרֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(qō·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6981.htm">Strong's 6981: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kore -- 'crier', two Levites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one of</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Asaph.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָסָֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·sāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">1 Chronicles 26:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 26:1 For the divisions of the doorkeepers: (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 26:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 26:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>