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1 Chron. 26:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty menm of valor.

Neh. 11:14• ¹⁴and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim. (Neh. 11:14)

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mighty men of valour.They were not only porters, or door keepers, in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard to the gate, as Dr. Delaney suggests that the word {shöârim} should be rendered here:

and perhaps in this sense alone are we to understand their office, which appears to have been of considerable dignity, and conferred only on men of the first rank.

They were appointed to attend the temple, to guard all the avenues to it, to open and shut all the outer gates, and attend at them, not only for state but for service.

They were also required to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the conduct they were to observe, to encourage those who were timid, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others who were enemies to the house of God.

1 Chron. 26:8• ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, were sixty-two of Obed-Edom. (1 Chron. 26:8)

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1 Chron. 12:28• ²⁸and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men. (1 Chron. 12:28)

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Judg. 6:12• ¹²And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. (Judg. 6:12)

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2 Sam. 2:7• ⁷And now let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. (2 Sam. 2:7)

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2 Chron. 26:17• ¹⁷And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men; (2 Chron. 26:17)

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Neh. 11:14• ¹⁴and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim. (Neh. 11:14)

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1 Tim. 6:12• ¹²Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. (1 Tim. 6:12)

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2 Tim. 2:3• ³Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim. 2:3)

• Of his sons it is said that they were rulers in their father's house, that they were mighty men of valor, able men in strength for the service. We do not reflect often enough that the service of the doorkeepers, like that of the priests (1 Chron. 9:13), required these qualities. It is hardly enough to say that this unprepossessing task requires humility, dependence, zeal, and self-forgetfulness; strength and valor are necessary also. (“Doorkeepers, Overseers of the Treasures, and Judges: 1 Chronicles 26” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their father’s house; for they were mighty men of valour.