“Some of the sons of the Kohathites, some of their brethren.” The Korahites, to which house Shallum and Mattithiah belonged, were a subdivision of the great clan of Kohath.

The shewbread. — See Leviticus 24:5. Here it is called “Bread of the Pile;” another name was “Bread of the Presence.”

To prepare it every sabbath. — The Levites had to get it ready for the priests to lay it fresh on the golden table, after removing the old bread, every Sabbath.

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