INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 26 In this chapter we have a further account of the disposition and distribution of the Levites, to serve in other offices, as of porters at the several gates of the temple, for which they cast lots, 1 Chronicles 26:1 of others, as over the treasures of the house of the... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCERNING THE DIVISIONS OF THE PORTERS,.... Or doorkeepers, whose business it was to open and shut the doors of the temple, to keep all impure and improper persons from entering into it, or any of the vessels being carried out of it, and to prevent tumults and riots about it; these, as it seems, Da... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 2,3. AND THE SONS OF MESHELEMIAH WERE, ZECHARIAH THE FIRSTBORN,.... And six more, who are mentioned in their order: JEDIAEL, ZEBADIAH, AND JATHNIEL, ELAM, JEHOHANAN, AND ELIOENAI.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 4,5. MOREOVER, THE SONS OF OBEDEDOM,.... The same at whose house the ark was, before it was brought by David to Zion; his sons were porters also, as himself, 1 Chronicles 15:24, mention is made of eight sons of his, according to their birth: SHEMAIAH, JEHOZABAD, JOAH, SACAR, NETHANEEL, AMMIEL,... [ Continue Reading ]
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ALSO UNTO SHEMAIAH HIS SON,.... His firstborn, 1 Chronicles 26:4 WERE SONS BORN, THAT RULED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHER; were heads of families, eminent and principal men: FOR THEY WERE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR; which their office sometimes required them to be, to guard the temple at night as... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF SHEMAIAH,.... The same before mentioned, the firstborn of Obededom: OTHNI, AND REPHAEL, AND OBED, AND ELZABAD, WHOSE BRETHREN WERE STRONG MEN; ELIHU AND SEMACHIAH; which may rather denote their valour and courage, as before, though strength of body was needful, particularly to open and... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THESE OF THE SONS OF OBEDEDOM,.... And grandsons: THEY AND THEIR SONS AND THEIR BRETHREN, ABLE MEN FOR STRENGTH FOR THE SERVICE; men of fortitude of mind and strength of body, as before observed: were SIXTY TWO OF OBEDEDOM: that sprung from him, which the Jews s account for in an extravagant m... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MESHELEMIAH HAD SONS AND BRETHREN, STRONG MEN, EIGHTEEN,.... He had seven sons, 1 Chronicles 26:1 and therefore must have eleven brethren or kinsmen.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO HOSAH, OF THE CHILDREN OF MERARI, HAD SONS,.... Who was a fellow porter of Obededom's at the ark, 1 Chronicles 16:38. SIMRI THE CHIEF (FOR THOUGH HE WAS NOT THE FIRSTBORN, YET HIS FATHER MADE HIM THE CHIEF); the firstborn being unfit for service, either through want of an intellectual capacity... [ Continue Reading ]
HILKIAH THE SECOND, TEBALIAH THE THIRD, ZECHARIAH THE FOURTH; ALL THE SONS AND BRETHREN OF HOSAH WERE THIRTEEN. Four sons, and nine brethren or kinsmen.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG THESE WERE THE DIVISIONS OF THE PORTERS, EVEN AMONG THE CHIEF MEN,.... These before named were the principal men of the porters, among which was a division or distribution of them into classes or courses, in which they served weekly in turn: HAVING WARDS ONE AGAINST ANOTHER, TO MINISTER IN TH... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY CAST LOTS,.... To determine at which gate each should stand, who at this gate, and who at the other, c. AS WELL THE SMALL AS THE GREAT, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, FOR EVERY GATE meaning, not little ones and grown persons in a family, but the smaller and poorer families, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LOT EASTWARD FELL TO SHELEMIAH,.... The same with Meshelemiah, 1 Chronicles 26:1 he by lot was placed at the eastern gate, called afterwards the gate Shushan, the city Shushan being portrayed upon it u: THEN FOR ZECHARIAH HIS SON (A WISE COUNSELLOR); and who was his firstborn, 1 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
TO OBEDEDOM SOUTHWARD,.... Where were two gates in later times, called the gates of Huldah x: AND TO HIS SONS, THE HOUSE OF ASUPPIM; the word has the signification of gathering, hence some take it to be a council house, where the sanhedrim or elders gathered together, and sat; and others, rather a... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SHUPPIM AND HOSAH THE LOT CAME FORTH WESTWARD,.... Of Shuppim no mention is before made; of Hosah, see 1 Chronicles 26:10 their lot was to be placed at the gates on the western wall, where were four; the two more southward being assigned to the sons of Obededom, whose lot also was southward, are... [ Continue Reading ]
EASTWARD WERE SIX LEVITES,.... The eastern gate, being the way of entrance into the temple, required more porters: NORTHWARD FOUR A DAY; in the daytime, or every day, where was the gate Teri or Tedi, 1 Chronicles 26:14, southward four a day: at the two gates of Huldah, 1 Chronicles 26:15 and toward... [ Continue Reading ]
AT PARBAR WESTWARD,.... A gate at the western wall; the Jewish writers generally interpret it an outward place, but Dr. Lightfoot c thinks it is the same with Parvar, which signifies suburbs, 2 Kings 23:11, and which agrees with the description Josephus d gives of one of the western gates, that it l... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE DIVISIONS OF THE PORTERS AMONG THE SONS OF KORE, AND AMONG THE SONS OF MERARI. For among those Levites which descended from Kore, a grandson of Kohath, and which sprung from Merar, a brother of Kohath, the porters only wore; see 1 Chronicles 26:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OF THE LEVITES,.... The rest of the Levites, as the Gershonites, Amramites, Izharites, and Hebronites, 1 Chronicles 26:21. AHIJAH WAS OVER THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD; as the tithes, vessels, vestments, wine, and oil, and other things; such an one was Phinehas at the time of the destructi... [ Continue Reading ]
AS CONCERNING THE SONS OF LAADAN,.... The same with Libni, see 1 Chronicles 23:7 THE SONS OF THE GERSHONITE LAADAN; so called, to distinguish him from another Laadan, as Kimchi thinks: CHIEF FATHERS, EVEN OF LAADAN THE GERSHONITE; that sprung from him: were Jehieli; and his sons next mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF JEHIELI: ZETHAM, AND JOEL HIS BROTHER,.... Both sons of Jehieli: which were OVER THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; that part of the trust which before was committed to Ahijah, which concerned provisions for sacred uses, before observed.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE AMRAMITES AND THE IZHARITES, THE HEBRONITES, AND THE UZZIELITES. Who sprang from the four sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, Exodus 6:18 with respect to the concerns they severally had in the trust of the treasures, the account follows, all but the Uzzielites, who are not after... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SHEBUEL THE SON OF GERSHOM, THE SON OF MOSES, WAS RULER OF THE TREASURES. This is the first time that any of the posterity of Moses are taken notice of, as being in any office of honour, authority, and trust; by the Targum he is said to be Jonathan, spoken of in Judges 18:30 but very wrongly; t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS BRETHREN BY ELIEZER,.... His kinsmen that descended from Eliezer, the brother of Gershom, the ancestor of Shebuel, whose descent from him in succession were REHABIAH, JESHAIAH, JORAM, ZICHRI, AND SHELOMITH.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH SHELOMITH,.... The last mentioned in the lineage from Eliezer, the younger son of Moses: AND HIS BRETHREN; or kinsmen: WERE OVER ALL THE TREASURES OF THE DEDICATED THINGS; which had been devoted for the service of God, and of the temple particularly: WHICH DAVID THE KING HAD DEDICATED; out... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF THE SPOILS WON IN BATTLE DID THEY DEDICATE TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. When it should be built; for as yet it was not; both to repair it when necessary, and to provide sacrifices for it; or to confirm, strengthen, and animate the heart of the king to build it, so some, and put it into... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THAT SAMUEL THE SEER,.... Or prophet, won in battle with the Philistines: AND SAUL THE SON OF KISH; in his wars with the Moabites, Edomites, Amalekites, and Philistines: AND ABNER THE SON OF NER: the general of his army, who as such had his share in the spoils: AND JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE IZHARITES, CHENANIAH AND HIS SONS were FOR THE OUTWARD BUSINESS OVER ISRAEL,.... Which was done out of the temple, and out of Jerusalem, in the several parts of the country: FOR OFFICERS AND JUDGES; to administer justice and judgment, and to take care that the laws of God were observed, bot... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OF THE HEBRONITES, HASHABIAH AND HIS BRETHREN, MEN OF VALOUR, A THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED,.... And supposing the Izharites in the preceding verse to be 1600, these, with those on the other side Jordan, 2700, 1 Chronicles 26:32 make up just the 6000 officers and judges, 1 Chronicles 23:4 these... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG THE HEBRONITES WAS JERIJAH THE CHIEF, EVEN AMONG THE HEBRONITES,.... The posterity of Hebron, the son of Kohath: ACCORDING TO THE GENERATIONS OF HIS FATHERS; a principal man in the families that descended from his ancestors: IN THE FORTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF DAVID; which was the last year... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS BRETHREN, MEN OF VALOUR, WERE TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED CHIEF FATHERS,.... That is, the brethren or kinsmen of Jerijah the Hebronite were so many principal men in their families, and men of fortitude and courage: WHOM KING DAVID MADE RULERS OVER THE REUBENITES, THE GADITES, AND THE HAL... [ Continue Reading ]