_SO ALL ISRAEL WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGIES; AND, BEHOLD, THEY WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WHO WERE CARRIED AWAY TO BABYLON FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSION._ All Israel were reckoned by genealogies. From the beginning of the Hebrew nation, public records were kept, containing... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE FIRST INHABITANTS THAT DWELT IN THEIR POSSESSIONS IN THEIR CITIES WERE, THE ISRAELITES, THE PRIESTS, LEVITES, AND THE NETHINIMS._ The first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions. This chapter relates wholly to the first returned exiles. Almost all the names recur in Nehemiah (Nehemia... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN JERUSALEM DWELT OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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'... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHALLUM THE SON OF KORE, THE SON OF EBIASAPH, THE SON OF KORAH, AND HIS BRETHREN, OF THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER, THE KORAHITES, WERE OVER THE WORK OF THE SERVICE, KEEPERS OF THE GATES OF THE TABERNACLE: AND THEIR FATHERS, BEING OVER THE HOST OF THE LORD, WERE KEEPERS OF THE ENTRY._ Shallum ... an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR WAS THE RULER OVER THEM IN TIME PAST, AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 th... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THESE WHICH WERE CHOSEN TO BE PORTERS IN THE GATES WERE TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE. THESE WERE RECKONED BY THEIR GENEALOGY IN THEIR VILLAGES, WHOM DAVID AND SAMUEL THE SEER DID ORDAIN IN THEIR SET OFFICE._ All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. So great... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN FOUR QUARTERS WERE THE PORTERS, TOWARD THE EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH._ In four quarters were the porters - i:e., the principal porters, with their assistants. TOWARD THE EAST, х_ MIZRAACH_ (H4217)] - from the rising of the sun. х_ YAAMAAH_ (H3220), seaward - i:e., west, as looking to the M... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEIR BRETHREN, WHICH WERE IN THEIR VILLAGES, WERE TO COME AFTER SEVEN DAYS FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OTHER OF THEIR BRETHREN, OF THE SONS OF THE KOHATHITES, WERE OVER THE SHEWBREAD, TO PREPARE IT EVERY SABBATH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN GIBEON DWELT THE FATHER OF GIBEON, JEHIEL, WHOSE WIFE'S NAME WAS MAACHAH:_ And in Gibson dwelt the father of Gibeon - chief man of Gibeon (cf. 1 Chronicles 8:21, where the same thing is mentioned without any individual's name). JEHIAL, х_ Yª`IY'EEL_ (H3273). The Kethib has y-`-w-'-l, Jeue... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS FIRSTBORN SON ABDON, THEN ZUR, AND KISH, AND BAAL, AND NER, AND NADAB,_ Ner. This name ranks here as fifth son, but it is omitted, 1 Chronicles 8:30, although in both passages Ner is stated to have been the father of Kish.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GEDOR, AND AHIO, AND ZECHARIAH, AND MIKLOTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NER BEGAT KISH; AND KISH BEGAT SAUL; AND SAUL BEGAT JONATHAN, AND MALCHISHUA, AND ABINADAB, AND ESHBAAL._ Kish begat Saul. Here, as well as in the pedigree as given, 1 Chronicles 8:33, he is represented as the greatgrandson of Abiel (Jehiel); whereas he appears as grandson, 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Sam... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SON OF JONATHAN WAS MERIBBAAL: AND MERIBBAAL BEGAT MICAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AZEL HAD SIX SONS, WHOSE NAMES ARE THESE, AZRIKAM, BOCHERU, AND ISHMAEL, AND SHEARIAH, AND OBADIAH, AND HANAN: THESE WERE THE SONS OF AZEL._ Azrikam, Bocheru ... х_ BOKªRUW_ (H1074). The Septuagint, apparently reading _ BªKORUW_ (H1069), has: Ezrikam proototokos autou (cf. 1 Chronicles 8:38),... [ Continue Reading ]