Verse 1 Chronicles 9:13. And their brethren] What a prodigious number of ecclesiastics to perform the Divine service of one temple! no less than one thousand seven hundred and eighty able-bodied men! and this number is reckoned independently of the two hundred and twelve porters who served at the gates of the house of the Lord, 1 Chronicles 9:22.
7. THE RECORD OF THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AFTER THE RETURN CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The restoration (1 Chronicles 9:1)_ 2. Different residents in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:3) 3. The priests ...
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...
A THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREESCORE. In Nehemiah 11:12, it is 1192, which must have been before the priests had settled in the priestly cities. VERY ABLE MEN. mighty men of valour. Hebrew. _g...
_heads of the house of their fathers_ R.V. HEADS OF THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES. _a thousand and seven hundred and threescore_ Only the five -courses" of priests mentioned above (viz., Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, a...
LESSON FOUR 9-10 I. GENEALOGIES-ADAM TO DAVID 16. THE DWELLERS IN JERUSALEM (1 Chronicles 9:1-34) INTRODUCTION A brief review of certain Levites and priests who had returned from Babylonian captiv...
_AND IN JERUSALEM DWELT OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
GENEALOGIES (CONCLUDED) This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 9 People in Jerusalem –...
(10-13) The priests resident in Jerusalem. (Comp. Nehemiah 11:10.)...
AND THEIR BRETHREN, HEADS OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS. — We can hardly suppose so many as 1,760 priestly clans dwelling in the holy city. Either the phrase “heads of their father-houses” belongs to...
וַ אֲחֵיהֶ֗ם רָאשִׁים֙ לְ בֵ֣ית אֲבֹותָ֔ם אֶ֕
TEACHING BY ANACHRONISM 1 Chronicles 9:1 "And David the king said Who then offereth willingly? And they gave for the service of the house of God ten thousand darics."- 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicl
In this chapter the genealogies are completed, that is to say, they here reach the latest point in their history, and refer to the dwellers in Jerusalem after the return from captivity. They are lists...
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the (d) work of the service of the house of God. (d) To serve in the temple, ev...
This forms a very interesting account in the history of the church, if it be remembered that this takes up the relation in the captives of Israel being now returned from Babylon. They found their temp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, 8, AND 9. In the genealogies of Levi (chap. 6) we see, first of all, the line of high priests until the captivity; and then the Levites, their services...
AND THEIR BRETHREN, HEADS OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, ONE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREESCORE. These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjam...
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. Ver. 13. _For the work of the serv...
_Able men_ Hebrew, _mighty men of valour;_ which is here mentioned as an excellent qualification for their place; because the priests might meet with great opposition in the discharge of their office,...
1 The originall of Israels and Iudahs genealogies. 2 The Israelites, 10 the Priests, 14 and the Leuites, with Nethinims which dwelt in Ierusalem. 27 The charge of certaine Leuites. 35 The stocke...
and their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men, literally, "mighty men of valor," FOR THE WORK OF THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD,...
THE REGISTRATION LISTS OF ISRAEL...
VERY ABLE MEN: mighty men of valour...
VERY ABLE MEN, Heb. _mighty men of valour_; which is here noted as an excellent qualification for their place; because the priests might meet with great opposition and difficulty in the faithful disch...
1 Chronicles 9:13 brethren H251 heads H7218 fathers H1 houses H1004 thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 sixty H
CONTENTS: Record of the Israelites. The charge of certain Levites. CHARACTERS: God, Eleazar, Saul, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: God's work is likely to be done well when each knows the duty of his place an...
1 Chronicles 9:1. _All Israel were reckoned by genealogies,_ from books carried to Babylon. 1 Chronicles 9:2. _Nethinims._ They were of the seven nations, Gibeonites and others, whom providence had gr...
_Very able men for the work of the service of the house of God._ RELIGIOUS ABILITY We are not called to ecclesiastical statesmanship in this verse; we are called to the kind of work we can do best. T...
1 CHRONICLES 9:1 The Resettlement of Jerusalem. The Chronicler focuses on the worship personnel who return to Jerusalem from exile. ⇐...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 9:10 The PRIESTS in postexilic Jerusalem are praised for their temple ministry. Their numbers (1,760) have grown significantly (compare 1,192 in...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter a list of inhabitants in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:1); and genealogy of Saul repeated (1 Chronicles 9:35). _1 Chronicles 9:1_.—_Reckoned_, registered in form of
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 9:1 SO ALL ISRAEL WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGIES. The Hebrew verb (חִתְיַחְשׂי) is sufficiently satisfied by the rendering _were enrolled_,_ _or _were registered. _THE BOOK OF T...
You get to chapter nine and it declares, So all of Israel was reckoned by the genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylo...
1 Chronicles 26:30; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Chronicles 26:6; Nehemiah 11:14...
Able men — Heb. mighty men of valour: which is here noted as an excellent qualification for their place; because the priests might meet with great opposition in the discharge of their office, in the e...