1 Chronicles 9:31

_AND MATTITHIAH, ONE OF THE LEVITES, WHO WAS THE FIRSTBORN OF SHALLUM THE KORAHITE, HAD THE SET OFFICE OVER THE THINGS THAT WERE MADE IN THE PANS._ Mattithiah ... had the set office over the things that were made in the pans, х_ HACHABITIYM_ (H2281), things cooked or fried. _ MACHªBAT_ (H4227) is the word used for a pan, Leviticus 6:21]....

MATTITHIAH ... THE FIRST-BORN OF SHALLUM THE KORAHITE - This Shallum would seem to be the person mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:19, whose actual first-born was Zechariah 1 Chronicles 26:2. Mattithiah may have been his eldest lineal descendant at the time here spoken of....

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 MATTITHIAH, ONE OF THE LEVITES, WHO WAS THE FIRSTBORN OF SHALLUM THE KORAHITE,.... Of whom see 1 Chronicles 9:19, HAD THE SET OFFICE OVER THE THINGS THAT WERE MADE IN THE PANS; the meat offerings that were made in pans; and so had the care of the fine flour, oil, and frankincense used in them, which he delivered to the priests when necessary, see Leviticus 2:5, the Septuagint version is, "over the works of the sacrifice of the pan of the high priest;'' as if it respected peculiarly his meat offering, Leviticus 6:20, we read in the Misnah y of the offerings of the high priest, as expressed by this word, which it signifies, and not pans, but what was fried in them z

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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 ...

IN THE PANS. on the flat plates....

Other Levitical Duties 31. _who was the firstborn of Shallum_ In 1 Chronicles 26:2 the firstborn of Meshelemiah (Shallum) is called _Zechariah_. Probably _Mattithiah_and _Zechariah_represent _each_a household belonging to an elder branch of the great family of _Shallum_. _made in the pans_ R.V. BAKED IN PANS. Cp. 1 Chronicles 23:29....

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

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