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1 Chronicles 24

1 Chronicles 24 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 24 This chapter relates the distribution David made of the priests into twenty four classes or courses, and which were observed by lot, and each course had an head or principal man over it, 1 Chronicles 24:1 and of a like distribution of the Levites into the same number... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:1

NOW THESE ARE THE DIVISIONS OF THE SONS OF AARON,.... Into the classes or courses following: THE SONS OF AARON; NADAB AND ABIHU, ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR; 1 Chronicles 6:3, these were the immediate sons of Aaron; but the division or distribution of them into classes are of their posterity in the times o... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:2

BUT NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER,.... While he was living, see Leviticus 10:1 AND HAD NO CHILDREN, THEREFORE ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR EXECUTED THE PRIESTS' OFFICE: otherwise, as Jarchi observes, had their brethren left children, they would have come into the office before them.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:3

AND DAVID DISTRIBUTED THEM,.... The posterities of Eleazar and Ithamar into certain classes or courses: BOTH ZADOK OF THE SONS OF ELEAZAR, AND AHIMELECH OF THE SONS OF ITHAMAR; these were the two principal men of the respective families, the one was high priest, and the other "sagan" or deputy; or... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:4

AND THERE WERE MORE CHIEF MEN FOUND OF THE SONS OF ELEAZAR THAN OF THE SONS OF ITHAMAR,.... Or heads of men, heads of their fathers' houses and families: AND THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED; AMONG THE SONS OF ELEAZAR THERE WERE SIXTEEN CHIEF MEN OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, AND EIGHT AMONG THE SONS OF ITH... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:5

THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED BY LOT, ONE SORT WITH ANOTHER,.... Which course should serve first, and which next, and so on; and who should be the chief to each course; which course was to serve a week, and then go out; and this method was taken to prevent envy, strife, and contention about precedence: FO... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:6

AND SHEMAIAH THE SON OF NETHANEEL THE SCRIBE,.... The Targum is, Moses the chief scribe, so called: one OF THE LEVITES WROTE THEM: the lots, and the names upon them, put into the urn, and as they came out, which was first, second, c. and this was done BEFORE THE KING, AND THE PRINCES, AND ZADOK TH... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:7

Ver. 7-18. NOW THE FIRST LOT CAME FORTH TO JEHOIARIB,.... And the other twenty three to the following persons in order: JEDAIAH, HARIM, SEORIM, MALCHIJAH, MIJAMIN, HAKKOZ, ABIJAH, JESHUA, SHECANIAH, ELIASHIB, JAKIM, HUPPAH, JESHEBEAB, BILGAH, IMMER, HEZIR, APHSES, PETHAHIAH, JEHEZEKEL, JACHIN, GAMU... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:19

THESE WERE THE ORDERINGS OF THEM,.... Their classes or courses into which they were divided: IN THEIR SERVICE TO COME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; to perform their service in the temple, according to their turns, and in course as fixed by lot; one class or course served one week, and then went out,... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:20

Ver. 20-30. AND THE REST OF THE SONS OF LEVI WERE THESE,.... Who were not priests, only Levites; and from hence, to 1 Chronicles 24:30 their names are given; of the sons of Amram, Shubael, and his son Jehdeiah; Rehabiah the son of Eleazar, and Isshiah the son of Rehabiah; of the Izharites, so called... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 24:31

THESE LIKEWISE CAST LOTS OVER AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN, THE SONS OF AARON,.... These, being divided into twenty four classes also, cast lots, which class should answer to, attend upon, and serve the first course of the priests, and which the second, and so on. And this they did in the same solemn and... [ Continue Reading ]

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