1 Chronicles 9:23

_SO THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN HAD THE OVERSIGHT OF THE GATES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, NAMELY, THE HOUSE OF THE TABERNACLE, BY WARDS._ So they and their children had the oversight of the gates - i:e., as they were appointed in David's time, so their families continued in the hereditary office. OF THE HOUSE THE LORD, NAMELY, THE HOUSE OF THE TABERNACLE. In David's reign the old tabernacle continued at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:2; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:5), where worshippers repaired from distant parts of the country. A temporary tabernacle was provided by that king for the ark on its removal to Jerusalem, before the temple was built, and some have conjectured from this passage, that after

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

SO THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN HAD THE OVERSIGHT OF THE GATES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... They that were appointed in David's time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary: NAMELY, THE HOUSE OF THE TABERNACLE, BY WARDS; that which was at Gibeon in David's time, and now one was erected until the temple was built....

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 ...

WARDS. watches, twenty-four quarters. Hebrew. _ruach_. winds....

namely, _the house of the tabernacle_ R.V. EVEN THE HOUSE OF THE TABERNACLE (mg. _Tent_). A reminder that in David's days (1 Chronicles 9:22) the Temple was not yet built....

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

9:23 there. (b-23) Or 'in charge.'...

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....