1 Chronicles 9:18

_WHO HITHERTO WAITED IN THE KING'S GATE EASTWARD: THEY WERE PORTERS IN THE COMPANIES OF THE CHILDREN OF LEVI._ WHO HITHERTO WAITED IN THE KING'S GATE EASTWARD х_ `AD_ (H5704) _ HEENAAH_ (H2008), until now]. But Houbigant and others consider these words as a proper name: 'And Adana was over the king's gate eastward'-the only one of the gates that is particularly mentioned, probably because of its magnificence and pre-eminent importance as the entrance of the kings of Judah into the temple. THEY WERE PORTERS IN THE COMPANIES OF THE CHILDREN OF LEVI - i:e., according to the orders or courses into which the tribe was divided did they render this service; because the office of porter about the doors of the tabernacle was one which was assigned exclusively to Levites. The king had a gate from his palace into the temple ...

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:18. _THE KING'S GATE_] That by which the kings of Judah went to the temple; see on 2 Kings 16:18....

WHO HITHERTO WAITED - Translate, “Who to this day waits. These were the porters in the stations of the sons of Levi.” The words of the first clause refer to Shallum, and imply that, whereas Shallum (or his house) had originally the general superintendence of the temple gates, a change had been made when the author wrote, and Shallum’s charge had become the east gate only. The second clause means; “these were the porters in those fixed stations at the outer gates of the Temple, which corresponded to the camp stations of the Levites who guarded the tabernacle in the early times.”...

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 9:1 SO ALL ISRAEL WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGIES. The Hebrew verb (חִתְיַחְשׂי) is sufficiently satisfied by the rendering _were enrolled_,_ _or _were registered. _THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH. The book referred to is often styled "The book of the kings of Israel" (2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 33:18); and it is more probable that that is the intended title here, and that the words should follow thus: AND JUDAH WERE CARRIED CAPTIVE TO BABYLON BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS. This the Masoretic accenting dictates, though the Septuagint, Vulgate, an

WHO HITHERTO WAITED IN THE KING'S GATE EASTWARD,.... At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at the east of it; and here these porters were placed in the same order after the captivity, and their return from it, as before: THEY WERE PORTERS IN THE COMPANIES OF THE CHILDREN OF LEVI; or in the camp of Levi, which was placed around the tabernacle, as in the wilderness: the Septuagint version is, "these are the gates of the camp of the children of Levi"; at which these porters were placed....

7. THE RECORD OF THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AFTER THE RETURN CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The restoration (1 Chronicles 9:1)_ 2. Different residents in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:3) 3. The priests (1 Chronicles 9:10) 4. The Levites (1 Chronicles 9:14) 5. Porters and Levites; their duties (1 Chronicles 9:17) 6. The house of Saul (1 Chronicles 9:35) All Israel was

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

HITHERTO. Referring to the ancient practice. THE KING'S GATE. Leading from the royal palace to the Temple....

_who_ i.e. _Shallum_(1 Chronicles 9:17), called _Shelemiah_in 1 Chronicles 26:14 (Meshelemiah, 1 Chronicles 26:1). A family rather than an individual is meant. _the king's gate eastward_ That the king had an entrance into the Temple named after him appears from 2 Kings 16:18, and that this gate was on the East from Ezekiel 46:1-2. _in the companies_ R.V. FOR THE CAMP. This expression is borrowed from Nu

WHO HITHERTO WAITED IN THE KINGS-GATE EASTWARD— _And Adane was over the eastern gate, which is called the king's._ Houbigant....