_SO WHEN DAVID WAS OLD AND FULL OF DAYS, HE MADE SOLOMON HIS SON KING OVER ISRAEL._ When David was old ... he made Solomon ... king. This brief statement, which comprises the substance of 1 Kings 1:32, is made here solely to introduce an account of the preparations carried on by David during the la... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, WITH THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES._ He gathered together all the princes of Israel. All important measures relating to the public interest were submitted for consideration to a general assembly of the representatives of the tribes, (1 Chronicles 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE LEVITES WERE NUMBERED FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS AND UPWARD: AND THEIR NUMBER BY THEIR POLLS, MAN BY MAN, WAS THIRTY AND EIGHT THOUSAND._ The Levites were numbered ... thirty and eight thousand - four times their number at the early census taken by Moses, (see the notes at Numbers 4:1; N... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF WHICH, TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND WERE TO SET FORWARD THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; AND SIX THOUSAND WERE OFFICERS AND JUDGES:_ Twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord. They were not to preside over all the services of the temple. The Levites were subje... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER FOUR THOUSAND WERE PORTERS; AND FOUR THOUSAND PRAISED THE LORD WITH THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH I_ _ MADE, SAID DAVID, TO PRAISE THEREWITH._ Praised the Lord with the instruments which I made. David seems to have been an inventor of many of the musical instruments used in the temple (Amos 6:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID DIVIDED THEM INTO COURSES AMONG THE SONS OF LEVI, NAMELY, GERSHON, KOHATH, AND MERARI._ David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi. These are enumerated according to their fathers' houses, but no more of these are mentioned here than the 24,000 who were engaged in the work co... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF THE GERSHONITES WERE, LAADAN, AND SHIMEI._ The Gershonites. They had nine fathers' houses, six descended from Laadan and three from Shimei.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF LAADAN; THE CHIEF WAS JEHIEL, AND ZETHAM, AND JOEL, THREE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF KOHATH; AMRAM, IZHAR, HEBRON, AND UZZIEL, FOUR._ THE SONS OF KOHATH. He was the founder of nine Levitical fathers' houses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF AMRAM; AARON AND MOSES: AND AARON WAS SEPARATED, THAT HE SHOULD SANCTIFY THE MOST HOLY THINGS, HE AND HIS SONS FOR EVER, TO BURN INCENSE BEFORE THE LORD, TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, AND TO BLESS IN HIS NAME FOR EVER._ Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things - i:e.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW CONCERNING MOSES THE MAN OF GOD, HIS SONS WERE NAMED OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI._ Concerning Moses. His sons were ranked with the Levites generally, but not introduced into the distinctive portion of the descendants of Levi, who were appointed to the special functions of the priesthood.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF MOSES WERE, GERSHOM, AND ELIEZER._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF MERARI; MAHLI, AND MUSHI. THE SONS OF MAHLI; ELEAZAR, AND KISH._ The sons of Merari. They comprised six fathers' houses. Summing them together, Getshon founded nine fathers' houses, Kohath nine, and Merari six-total, twenty-four.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELEAZAR DIED, AND HAD NO SONS, BUT DAUGHTERS: AND THEIR BRETHREN THE SONS OF KISH TOOK THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE THE SONS OF LEVI AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS; EVEN THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, AS THEY WERE COUNTED BY NUMBER OF NAMES BY THEIR POLLS, THAT DID THE WORK FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, FROM THE AGE OF TWENTY YEARS AND UPWARD._ These were the sons of Levi ... that did the wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR DAVID SAID, THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HATH GIVEN REST UNTO HIS PEOPLE, THAT THEY MAY DWELL IN JERUSALEM FOR EVER:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THEIR OFFICE WAS TO WAIT ON THE SONS OF AARON FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, IN THE COURTS, AND IN THE CHAMBERS, AND IN THE PURIFYING OF ALL HOLY THINGS, AND THE WORK OF THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD;_ Their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron - i:e., the priests for the t... [ Continue Reading ]
_BOTH FOR THE SHEWBREAD, AND FOR THE FINE FLOUR FOR MEAT OFFERING, AND FOR THE UNLEAVENED CAKES, AND FOR THAT WHICH IS BAKED IN THE PAN, AND FOR THAT WHICH IS FRIED, AND FOR ALL MANNER OF MEASURE AND SIZE;_ For all manner of measure and size - i:e., to see that all things used in the Lord's house s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TO STAND EVERY MORNING TO THANK AND PRAISE THE LORD, AND LIKEWISE AT EVEN;_ And to stand every morning ... to perform all the requisite functions of sacred officials. The number of 38,000 Levites, exclusive of priests, was doubtless more than sufficient for the ordinary service of the tabernac... [ Continue Reading ]