Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.” New Living Translation Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.” English Standard Version 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments that I have made for praise.” Berean Standard Bible 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.” King James Bible Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. New King James Version four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.” New American Standard Bible and four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. NASB 1995 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. NASB 1977 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. Legacy Standard Bible and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which David made for giving praise. Amplified Bible and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. Christian Standard Bible four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.” Holman Christian Standard Bible 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.” American Standard Version and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. Contemporary English Version 4,000 will be guards at the temple, and 4,000 will praise the LORD by playing the musical instruments I have given them." English Revised Version and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. GOD'S WORD® Translation 4,000 were appointed to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 were appointed to praise the LORD with the instruments David had made for praising God. Good News Translation four thousand to do guard duty, and four thousand to praise the LORD, using the musical instruments provided by the king for this purpose. International Standard Version with 4,000 gatekeepers, and with 4,000 offering praises to the LORD with the musical instruments that I have had crafted." Majority Standard Bible 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.” NET Bible 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship." New Heart English Bible four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, for giving praise." Webster's Bible Translation Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them. World English Bible four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to YHWH, “with instruments that I made for praising,” [says David.] Young's Literal Translation and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David. Smith's Literal Translation And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMoreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, four thousand were porters. And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music. New American Bible four thousand were to be gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise the LORD with the instruments which [David] had devised for praise. New Revised Standard Version four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments that I have made for praise.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTo look after the building, to carry on their work, to oversee the resources and the work, and to give an accounting of wealth and the alms which they had distributed to the poor. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated That they would be watching the building and standing, and they were eager in their strength, and with their resources, and in their works, and in their accounts, and with their goods, and in charity that they would be distributing to the poor, and David appointed Stewards and Governors over the poor and over the afflicted, that they would be providing for and distributing to the poor, each over ten, and nothing was lacking to them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.' Brenton Septuagint Translation and four thousand door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Divisions of the Levites…4“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges, 54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.” 6Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 25:1-7 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. ... 2 Chronicles 29:25-30 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ... 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud 2 Chronicles 8:14 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. 2 Chronicles 35:15 The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them. Nehemiah 12:24-36 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. / Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates. / They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe. ... Psalm 150:3-5 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Psalm 68:25 The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. Psalm 81:2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. Psalm 92:1-3 A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. Psalm 33:2-3 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. / Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. Psalm 144:9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. 1 Samuel 10:5 After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying. 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. Treasury of Scripture Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. porters 1 Chronicles 9:17-27 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; … 1 Chronicles 15:23,24 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark… 1 Chronicles 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: praised 1 Chronicles 6:31-48 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest… 1 Chronicles 9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. 1 Chronicles 15:16-22 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy… the instruments 1 Kings 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 2 Chronicles 29:25,26 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets… Amos 6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; Jump to Previous David Doorkeepers Door-Keepers Four Gatekeepers Instruments Moreover Musical Offer Porters Praise Praised Praises Praising Provided Purpose Therewith ThousandJump to Next David Doorkeepers Door-Keepers Four Gatekeepers Instruments Moreover Musical Offer Porters Praise Praised Praises Praising Provided Purpose Therewith Thousand1 Chronicles 23 1. David in his old age makes Solomon king2. The number and distribution of the Levites 7. The families of the Gershonites 12. The sons of Kohath 21. The sons of Merari 24. The office of the Levites Four thousand are to be gatekeepers The role of the gatekeepers in ancient Israel was crucial for maintaining the sanctity and security of the temple. The Hebrew word for "gatekeepers" is "שֹׁעֲרִים" (sho'arim), which implies those who guard or watch over the entrances. Historically, gatekeepers were responsible for controlling access to the temple, ensuring that only those who were ceremonially clean could enter. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness and the need for vigilance in spiritual matters. The number "four thousand" signifies a substantial and organized effort, indicating the importance of this role in the worship and community life of Israel. and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise And four thousand praised the Lord . . .--Rather, and four thousand (are to be) praising the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praising. (On "praising," see 1Chronicles 16:4.) We have here an interesting reference to the fact that David was not only a minstrel and inspired psalmist, but also an inventor of stringed instruments. So the prophet Amos (1Chronicles 6:5) speaks of the effeminate nobles of Israel, "who prattle on the mouth of the nebel, that invent themselves instruments of music, like David." The reference is repeated in Nehemiah 12:36. Which I have made.--This expression proves that 1Chronicles 23:4-5 should be within inverted commas, as representing a spoken decree of David. Ewald thinks that the narrative is interrupted in 1Chronicles 23:5 by a fragmentary quotation from an ancient poet who speaks in the name of Jehovah, characterising the musicians as "those whom I have formed to sing my praise." (But see 2Chronicles 7:6.) . . . Verse 5. - Porters (Hebrew שֹׁעְרִים); doorkeepers. The word is so translated in 1 Chronicles 15:23, 24. It was the duty of these to keep the entrances of the sanctuary, by day and night, in their courses (see also 2 Kings 7:10, 11). The Chaldaic equivalent of this word is תָּרָע (Ezra 7:24; Daniel 2:49). There is no connection between either the word or idea we have here, and those of Psalm 84:11, where the Hithp. conjugation of סָפפ is used, and the sense of residence probably intended to be conveyed. The instruments which I made... to praise. Possibly the quotation of a short sentence often on David's lips. Men given to music may have been very conscious of it, in ancient days, as well as in modern. The language, however, does not necessarily assert that David claimed the inventing or in any similar sense the making of these musical instruments, but that he appointed them for the service of praise. What some of them were may be seen in 2 Chronicles 5:12 - "cymbals, psalteries, harps, trumpets" (see also 2 Chronicles 29:25-27; Nehemiah 12:35, 36; Amos 6:5).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew 4,000וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת (wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 702: Four are to be gatekeepers, שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים (šō·‘ă·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper and 4,000 וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת (wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 702: Four are to praise מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים (mə·hal·lîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1984: To shine the LORD לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel with the instruments בַּכֵּלִ֕ים (bak·kê·lîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus I have made עָשִׂ֖יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make for giving praise.” לְהַלֵּֽל׃ (lə·hal·lêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1984: To shine Links 1 Chronicles 23:5 NIV1 Chronicles 23:5 NLT 1 Chronicles 23:5 ESV 1 Chronicles 23:5 NASB 1 Chronicles 23:5 KJV 1 Chronicles 23:5 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 23:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 23:5 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 23:5 French Bible 1 Chronicles 23:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 23:5 And four thousand were doorkeepers (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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