Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise."
New American Standard Bible
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and
King James Version
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Holman Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”
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."
A Conservative Version
and four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised LORD with the instruments which I made, [David said], to praise therewith.
American Standard Version
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.
Amplified
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
Bible in Basic English
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
Darby Translation
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Julia Smith Translation
And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise.
King James 2000
Moreover four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, for praise.
Modern King James verseion
And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.
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."
The Emphasized Bible
and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.
Webster
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.
Themes
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Porters
Chosen Instruments » Trumpets » Full orchestra
David » King of israel » David as musician
Invention » Of musical instruments » By david
Levites » Enrollment of, at mount sinai
Levites » Functions of » Had charge of the temple
the Levites » Services of » Keeping the gates of the temple
the Levites » Services of » Conducting the sacred music
the Levites » David » Divided them into four classes
Music » Trumpets » Full orchestra
Music » Appointed to be used in the temple
Music » Instruments of » Invented by david
Interlinear
'arba`
'eleph
אלף
'eleph
thousand, eleven hundred , variant, twelve hundred
Usage: 504
Halal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 23:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Organizes The Levites
4 Of these, [David said,] "Twenty-four thousand [are] to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials 5 four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise." 6 And David organized them [in] divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:25-26
And he stood the Levites [in] the house of Yahweh with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David and Gad, the seer of the king, and Nathan the prophet, for the command [was] by the hand of Yahweh by the hand of his prophets.
Amos 6:5
[Alas for those] who sing to the tune of the harp; like David they improvise on instruments of music.
1 Kings 10:12
The king made a raised structure for the house of Yahweh and for the house of the king out of the almug wood, as well as lyres and harps for the singers. [This much] almug wood has not come nor been seen [again] up to this day.
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
Now these [are the men] whom David appointed for {control of singing} in the house of Yahweh where the ark rested.
1 Chronicles 9:17-27
And the gatekeepers [were] Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum [was] the chief);
1 Chronicles 9:33
Now these [were] the singers; the heads of the {families} of the Levites [were] in the chambers free from other service, for day and night [they were] over them on the service.
1 Chronicles 15:16-24
Then David ordered the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers [as] singers with instruments of song, musical instruments, stringed instruments, and cymbals, {raising their voices for joy}.
1 Chronicles 16:38
and [he left] Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brothers. And Obed-Edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah [were] gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 16:41-42
And with them [were] Heman and Jeduthun and the remainder of those chosen, who were designated by name to give thanks to Yahweh, for his loyal love [is] everlasting.
1 Chronicles 25:1-7
And David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, [of] Heman, and [of] Jeduthun, who prophesied with stringed instruments, with harps, and with cymbals. And their inventory of the men of the work [and] for their duty was:
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph.
2 Chronicles 8:14
And in accord with the ordinance of David his father he appointed working groups of priests for their service, Levites for their responsibilities for praise and cultic service before the priests {according to the daily requirement}, and the gatekeepers in their working groups, gate by gate. For thus David the man of God had commanded.
2 Chronicles 20:19-21
Then the Levites, from the {Kohathites} and from the {Korahites} stood up to praise Yahweh the God of Israel with an exceedingly loud voice.
2 Chronicles 35:15
And the singers, the descendants of Asaph, [were] at their stations according to the decree of David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the seer of the king. And the gatekeepers [were] at {each gate}. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites had made preparations for them.
Ezra 7:7
Some of the {Israelites}, some priests and Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the {Israelites} [were] in their cities.
Psalm 87:7
And while dancing, singers [will sing], "All my springs [are] in you."