en_tn/2ch/31/14.md

# Kore son of Imnah ... Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# the porter at the east gate

"the gatekeeper at the east gate of the temple"

# Under him were Eden ... in the cities of the priests

Here "under" is an idiom that means to be under someone's authority. AT: "Eden ... assisted Kore in the cities of the priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# They filled offices of trust, in order to give

"Their duty was to give" or "They faithfully gave"

# to their brothers

Here "brothers" is a metaphor for "fellow priests." AT: "to their fellow priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# division by division

"group by group"

# to both the important and the unimportant

Here "important" and "unimportant" are used together to mean "everyone." AT: "to everyone, including the important and the unimportant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

# the important and the unimportant

This seems to imply the old and the young. This can be restated to removed the nominal adjectives. AT: "those who are old and those who are young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/freewilloffering]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust]]