What Does 1 Chronicles 9:23 Mean in the King James?
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for these “wards” grows from שׁמר (shamar), “to keep or guard”: watching the gate is part of keeping the house.
THE MEANING
You encounter a house whose gates are held in care by a watch carried from one generation to the next. The guarding of its entrance is part of what keeps the house a house.
THE ROOT
מִשְׁמָרוֹת
mishmarot
GROWS FROM
שׁמר
shamar
to keep, guard, or watch over
The word translated “wards” comes from the same root as “keep” and “guard.” The verse holds together the watch at the gate and the keeping of the house: its threshold is part of its care.
ALSO GROWS
mishmeret: watch or guard duty
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
It shares the root שׁמר (shamar), showing that a watch is an ongoing charge of keeping.
shomer: keeper or guard
שׁוֹמֵר
It names the one who watches; the verse describes that keeping as a duty shared by parents and children.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling or trust is sustained through watchfulness carried out over time.
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.THE THREAD
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.“Keep” in Genesis and “wards” here share the Hebrew root שׁמר (shamar), “to keep or guard.” The garden and the house both stand within a charge of keeping; the threshold belongs to that care.
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