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1 Chronicles 26:16

1 Chronicles 26:16 is verse 16 of 1 Chronicles chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.

Or on the upper road

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King James Version

To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

World English Bible

To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.

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1 Chronicles 26:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.

15 The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.

16 The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.

17 Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Chronicles 26:10

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

1 Chronicles 26:11

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.

1 Kings 10:5

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

2 Chronicles 9:4

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

1 Chronicles 26:12

These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.

1 Chronicles 25:8

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

Nehemiah 12:24

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.

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