1 Chronicles 24:1
DIVISIONS... AARON. 1 Chronicles 2. is concerning the courses of the priests, as 1 Chronicles 2. is of the Levites. Compare 1 Chronicles 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVISIONS... AARON. 1 Chronicles 2. is concerning the courses of the priests, as 1 Chronicles 2. is of the Levites. Compare 1 Chronicles 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISTRIBUTED. divided into courses, as in 1 Chronicles 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF MEN. strong men. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. Here denoting the heads of houses, or families.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVIDED BY LOT. See note on the Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4. AND OF. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and from among".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SCRIBE. the secretary. Compare 1 Chronicles 27:32. See note on 2 Samuel 8:17. AHIMELECH. So that Abiathar had. son named Ahimelech, who assisted him, as Hophni and Phinehas assisted Eli.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOT CAME FORTH. See notes on Exodus 28:30. JEHOIARIB. The twenty-four courses took, and kept, the names of these first heads (verses: 1 Chronicles 24:7). Each officiated. week (Sabbath to Sabbath), and Zacharias belonged to the eighth (Luke 1:5). Compare Nehemiah 12. Solomon appointed the same cours... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ORDERINGS. the appointments: i.e. the order in which they fulfilled their service was all of Jehovah. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE SONS OF LEVI. Verses 20-30 give the names of the heads of the twenty-four courses of Levites enumerated in 1 Chronicles 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERIAH. Some codices, with eight early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the sons of Jeriah", but the Ellipses are rightly supplied from Ch. 1 Chronicles 23:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
BENO. his son; Jaaziah being. third son of Merari.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST LOTS. See notes on the Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30; Numbers 26:55). OVER AGAINST. equally with.... [ Continue Reading ]