KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Chronicles 26:1–3
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1 Chronicles 26:1
1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
1¶ Concerning the diuisions of the porters: of the Korhites was ‖Meshelemiah the sonne of Kore, of the sonnes of ‖Asaph.
- Or, Shelemiah, ver. 14.
- Or, Abiasaph, chap. 9.19. & 6.37.
1 Chronicles 26:2
2And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
2And the sonnes of Meshelemiah were Zechariah the first borne, Iediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Iathniel the fourth,
1 Chronicles 26:3
3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
3Elam the fifth, Iehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seuenth.
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1 Chronicles 26:1
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
CONCERNING
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Separations, parts, groups, or assigned courses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Keepers of doors or gates; doorkeepers or gatekeepers.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:2
Following the second in order; one of three equal parts, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ordinal of four; the next after the third.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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1 Chronicles 26:3
Following the fourth in order; or one of five equal parts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ordinal number corresponding to six; next after the fifth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ordinal number following the sixth; one of seven equal parts.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 1
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Open the full verse study19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
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Open the full verse study18And 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.
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Open the full verse study23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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Open the full verse study37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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Open the full verse study17And 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.
20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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.
25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
27¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
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Open the full verse study9And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
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Open the full verse study1WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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