1 Chronicles 9:21

_AND ZECHARIAH THE SON OF MESHELEMIAH WAS PORTER OF THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ ZECHARIAH THE SON OF MESHELEMIAH WAS PORTER (principal porter; namely, in the reign of David, 1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 27:2) OF THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION - i:e., kept the door which opened from priest's court into the tabernacle, which contained the ark (2 Samuel 6:17)....

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

AND ZECHARIAH THE SON OF MESHELEMIAH,.... Some think this refers to one that was in the times of David; but it seems rather to respect one that was after the Babylonish captivity, see 1 Chronicles 26:1 though he and his brethren were in an office established in the times of David, and the order of which was now, as then, observed: WAS PORTER OF THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: who was the chief porter, and kept the door; either that led into the outer court, and kept out all unclean persons from entering there; or that which led into the court of the priests, that none but priests might enter there....

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 ...

DOOR. entrance....

_Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 26:14, according to which Zechariah's watch was on the North. _the tabernacle of the congregation_ R.V. THE TENT OF MEETING. Cp. 1 Chronicles 6:32, note. The Temple is not mentioned because the reference is to the time of David; cp. 1 Chronicles 9:22....

LESSON FOUR 9-10 I. GENEALOGIES-ADAM TO DAVID 16. THE DWELLERS IN JERUSALEM (1 Chronicles 9:1-34) INTRODUCTION A brief review of certain Levites and priests who had returned from Babylonian captivity is the subject of Chapter 9. Saul's house and his ruin at the hands of the Philistines is recounted. TEXT 1 Chronicles 9:1. So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression. 2. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. 3. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of

GENEALOGIES (CONCLUDED) This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul....

THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 9 PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM – 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-34 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN JERUSALEM – 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-9 V1 Lists of all the *Israelites were in their family records. And those records were in the book of *Israel’s kings....