CHAPTER XXVI _The divisions of the porters_, 1-12. _The gates assigned to them_, 13-19. _Those who were over the treasures_, 20-28. _Different officers_, 29-32. NOTES ON CHAP. XXVI Verse 1 Chronicles 26:1. _THE DIVISIONS OF THE PORTERS_] There were four classes of these, each of which belonge... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:5. _FOR GOD BLESSED HIM._] "That is, Obed-edom; because of the ark of the Lord which was in his house; and to him was given the honour that he should see his children and grand-children, even fourscore and two, masters of the Levites." - _T_. In 1 Chronicles 26:8, we have only... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:6. _THEY_ WERE _MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR._] They were not only porters or door-keepers in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard for the gates: and perhaps in this sense alone we are to understand their office.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:12. The rest of this chapter, with the whole of the xxviiith, is wanting both in the _Syriac_ and _Arabic_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:13. _THEY CAST LOTS - FOR EVERY GATE._] None of these captains or their companies were permitted to choose which gate they would guard, but each took his appointment by _lot_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:15. _THE HOUSE OF ASUPPIM._] The house of the _collections_; the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the use of the priests and Levites, were laid up.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:16. _THE GATE SHALLECHETH_] The gate of the _projections_: probably that through which all the offal of the temple was carried out.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:17. _EASTWARD_ WERE _SIX LEVITES_] It is supposed that there were more guards set at this _eastern gate_, because it was more frequented than the others. At each of the other gates were only _four_; at this, _six_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:20. _THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD_] Where the money was kept, which was to be expended in oblations for the temple.-_Jarchi_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:24. _SHEBUEL THE SON OF GERSHOM_] "Shebuel, that is, Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, _who returned to_ _God_ [שבואל shebuel.] And David, seeing him expert in money matters, constituted him chief treasurer." - _T_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:27. _THE SPOILS WON IN BATTLES DID THEY DEDICATE_] It seems these were intended for its _repairs_. This custom prevailed amongst almost all the people of the earth. All who acknowledged any supreme Being, believed that victory could only come through him; and therefore thought... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:29. _OUTWARD BUSINESS_] Work done without the city; cutting of timber, hewing stones, ploughing the fields belonging to the sanctuary. - _Jarchi_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:30. _IN ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE LORD_] Every thing that concerned _ecclesiastical_ matters. _IN THE SERVICE OF THE KING._] Every thing that concerned _civil_ affairs: see also 1 Chronicles 26:32. Thus courts of _ecclesiastical_ and _civil_ judicature were established in the... [ Continue Reading ]