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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Chronicles 9:17

The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Porters;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Shallum;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Korahites;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahimam;   Akkub;   Chronicles, the Books of;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Talmon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Chronicles, I;   Merari, Merarites;   Meshelemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Porter;   Priests and Levites;   Shallum;   Talmon;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahiman ;   Akkub ;   Porter;   Shallum ;   Shelemiah ;   Talmon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'man;   Shal'lum;   Tal'mon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahiman;   Akkub;   Korahites;   Meshelemiah;   Port;   Shallum (1);   Talmon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Akkub;   Shallum;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
Hebrew Names Version
The porters: Shallum, and `Akkuv, and Talmon, and Achiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
King James Version
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
English Standard Version
The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);
New Century Version
Of the gatekeepers there were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.
New English Translation
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;
Amplified Bible
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum the chief
New American Standard Bible
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum the chief
World English Bible
The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, & their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief
Berean Standard Bible
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
Contemporary English Version
Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan,
Complete Jewish Bible
The gatekeepers: Shalum, ‘Akuv, Talmon, Achiman and their kinsmen; Shalum was the chief.
Darby Translation
And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the gatekeepers who lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.
George Lamsa Translation
And the porters were Shallum, Jacob, Talan, Hamnon, Ahihom, and Shallum,
Good News Translation
The following Temple guards lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Shallum was their leader.
Lexham English Bible
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief);
Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The porters were: Sallum, Acub, Talmon, Ahiman, with their brethren, and Sallum the chefest:
American Standard Version
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),
Bible in Basic English
And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The porters were, Sallum, Accub, Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother: Sallum was the chiefe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;
King James Version (1611)
And the Porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
English Revised Version
And the porters; Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the porteris weren Sellum, and Achub, and Thelmon, and Achyman, and the britheren of hem; Sellum was the prince;
Update Bible Version
And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
Webster's Bible Translation
And the porters [were] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;
New King James Version
And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.
New Living Translation
The gatekeepers who returned were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was the chief gatekeeper.
New Life Bible
The gate-keepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers. (Shallum was the leader
New Revised Standard
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman; and their kindred Shallum was the chief,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, - and their brethren - Shallum the chief;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,
Revised Standard Version
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahi'man, and their kinsmen (Shallum being the chief),
Young's Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum [is] the head;
THE MESSAGE
The security guards were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the chief and up to now the security guard at the King's Gate on the east. They also served as security guards at the camps of Levite families.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

Contextual Overview

14 And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari. 15 And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph; 16 and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana—who dwelt in the villages of the Notephatites. 17 The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief; 18 and he waited hitherto in the king’s gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi. 19 And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance. 20 And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him. 21 Zacharias the son of Mosollami was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness. 22 All the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge. 23 And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the porters: 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 26:1-32, Nehemiah 11:19

Shallum: 1 Chronicles 9:19

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:31 - Shallum 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the porters 2 Chronicles 34:13 - porters 2 Chronicles 35:15 - the porters Ezra 7:7 - porters

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the porters,.... Or keepers of the gates of the tabernacle:

were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief; of these four porters, and their brethren.


 
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