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

And to Semei his son were born sons, herds of their families: for they were men of great valour.

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

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

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

And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they are mighty of valour.

And Shemaiah his son had sons, rulers over the family of their father, for they were able men.

Now to his son Shemaiah, there were born sons, rulers of their families. For they were very strong men.

They were mighty men of valor - They were not only porters or door-keepers in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard for the gates: and perhaps in this sense alone we are to understand their office.

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that (c) ruled throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.
(c) Or, like their father's house, meaning, worthy men and valiant.

Also unto Shemaiah his son,.... His firstborn, 1-Chronicles 26:4.
were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father; were heads of families, eminent and principal men:
for they were mighty men of valour; which their office sometimes required them to be, to guard the temple at night as well as day from thieves and robbers, and to hinder resolute men entering in, unfit for it, and seize on rioters, and quell tumults raised.

mighty men of valour--The circumstance of physical strength is prominently noticed in this chapter, as the office of the porters required them not only to act as sentinels of the sacred edifice and its precious furniture against attacks of plunderers or popular insurrection--to be, in fact, a military guard--but, after the temple was built, to open and shut the gates, which were extraordinarily large and ponderous.

Of valour - This clause is divers times mentioned, because their office required both strength and courage: for they were to shut the doors of the temple, one whereof was so great and weighty, that in the second temple it required twenty men to open and shut it. They were also to keep the guard, to keep out all unclean or forbidden persons, to prevent or suppress any tumults or disorders which might happen in the temple or in its courts, to keep the treasures of the temple, 1-Chronicles 26:20, 1-Chronicles 26:22, 1-Chronicles 26:24, 1-Chronicles 26:26, to be officers and judges over Israel, 1-Chronicles 26:29, and to manage every matter pertaining to God, and the affairs of the king, 1-Chronicles 26:32.