1 Chronicles 9:27

And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

28And certaine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels: for they brought them in by tale, and brought them out by tale.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:30And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,

Jeremiah 35:4And I brought them into the House of the Lord, into the chamber of the sonnes of Hanan, the sonne of Igdaliah a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was aboue the chamber of Maaseiah the sonne of Shallum, the keeper of the treasure.

Romans 12:7Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 9:15-35

Genealogies; the Employment of the Priests. ( b. c. 1400.) 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and… Read the whole commentary →

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