And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:11 · retained source text
And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.
KJV dictionary & concordance
porters
Meaning of “porters”
Keepers of doors or gates; doorkeepers or gatekeepers.
Definition sources
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33 occurrences33 verses5 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: 2 Kings 7:11
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Every verse containing “porters”
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:17 · retained source text
And the Porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:18 · retained source text
(Who hitherto waited in the kings gate Eastward) they were Porters in the companies of the children of Leui.
All 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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:22 · retained source text
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates, were two hundred and twelue. These were reckoned by their genealogie in their villages: whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer, did ordeine in their set office.
1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.
1611 marginal noteOr, trust,
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:24 · retained source text
In foure quarters were the porters: toward the East, West, North, and South.
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:26 · retained source text
For these Leuites, the foure chiefe porters, were in their set office, and were ouer the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1611 marginal noteOr, trust.
1611 marginal noteOr, storehouses.
And 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 Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 15:18 · retained source text
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zachariah, Ben, and Iaziel, & Shemiramoth, and Iehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maasiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphaleh, and Mikniah, and Obed Edom, and Iehiel the Porters.
And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:38 · retained source text
And Obed Edom with their brethren, threescore and eight: Obed Edom also the sonne of Ieduthun, and Hosah to be porters:
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:42 · retained source text
And with them Heman and Ieduthun with trumpets and cymbales, for those that should make a sound, and with musicall instruments of God: and the sonnes of Ieduthun were Porters.
1611 marginal noteHeb. for the gate.
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 23:5 · retained source text
Moreouer, foure thousand were porters, and foure thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made ( said Dauid) to praise therewith.
Complete reference index — all 33 verses
2 Kings 7:111 Chronicles 9:171 Chronicles 9:181 Chronicles 9:221 Chronicles 9:241 Chronicles 9:261 Chronicles 15:181 Chronicles 16:381 Chronicles 16:421 Chronicles 23:51 Chronicles 26:11 Chronicles 26:121 Chronicles 26:192 Chronicles 8:142 Chronicles 23:42 Chronicles 23:192 Chronicles 34:132 Chronicles 35:15Ezra 2:42Ezra 2:70Ezra 7:7Ezra 7:24Ezra 10:24Nehemiah 7:1Nehemiah 7:45Nehemiah 7:73Nehemiah 10:28Nehemiah 10:39Nehemiah 11:19Nehemiah 12:25Nehemiah 12:45Nehemiah 12:47Nehemiah 13:5
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