1 Chronicles 9:22

All these Cp. Ezra 2:41 (Nehemiah 7:45); Nehemiah 11:19. The discrepancy in numbers between Chron. and Neh. and also between Nehemiah 7 and Nehemiah 11 may be explained by supposing some difference in the manner of reckoning or some difference in the period referred to

in their villages Cp. note on 1 Chronicles 9:16.

David and Samuel the seer The Chronicler attributes to David the organisation of the priests (1 Chronicles 24:3), of the Levites (1 Chronicles 23:27; 1 Chronicles 24:31), of the singers (1 Chronicles 25:1 ff.), and of the doorkeepers (in this passage). Samuel the seeris here associated with David in the work, perhaps as having himself exercised the doorkeeper's office (1 Samuel 3:15). We have however no evidence outside Chron. of Samuel's organising work for the sanctuary.

set office R.V. mg. trust. The meaning is "office of trust"; cp. 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1Ch 9:31; 2 Chronicles 31:15; 2 Chronicles 31:18.