1 Chronicles 9:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Young's Literal Translation
and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning.

King James Bible
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.

Hebrew
They would spend the night
יָלִ֑ינוּ (yā·lî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

stationed around
וּסְבִיב֥וֹת (ū·sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of God,
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they had
עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

responsibility for guarding it
מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

and opening it
הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ (ham·map̄·tê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4669: An aperture, utterance

every morning.
וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר (wə·lab·bō·qer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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