1 Chronicles 9:24
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In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

four

1 Chronicles 26:14-18 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his son Zacharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot. . . .

Context
The People of Jerusalem
23As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns. 24In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.25And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 9:23
As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

1 Chronicles 9:25
And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

Lexicon
The gatekeepers
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

were stationed
יִהְי֖וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

on the four
לְאַרְבַּ֣ע (lə·’ar·ba‘)
Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

sides:
רוּח֔וֹת (rū·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

east,
מִזְרָ֥ח (miz·rāḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4217: Place of sunrise, the east

west,
יָ֖מָּה (yām·māh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

north,
צָפ֥וֹנָה (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

and south.
וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃ (wā·neḡ·bāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south


Additional Translations
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.

At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

In four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
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