1 Chronicles 9:19

son of Ebiasaph By a misreading Shallum(Meshelemiah; see above) is said to be "of the sons of Asaph" (read "Ebiasaph") in 1 Chronicles 26:1.

of the house of his father R.V. of his father's house.

being over the host of the Lord, were keepers R.V. had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers. Nothing is said in the Pentateuch of "keepers of the entry to the tabernacle," and probably in the present passage the entry to the camp, not to the tabernacle, is meant. With this view agrees the mention of Phinehas (1 Chronicles 9:20), for it was the profanation of the camp, not of the tabernacle, which Phinehas avenged (Numbers 25:6-8), thus earning a blessing (Numbers 25:11-13).