1 Chronicles 26
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
the divisions There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to Zechariah (ver
1 Chronicles 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, …
1 Chronicles 26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
1 Chronicles 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, …
1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the …
the porters
1 Chronicles 9:17-27 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, …
1 Chronicles 15:18,23,24 And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, …
2 Chronicles 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that …
Korhites
Numbers 26:9-11 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that …
Psalm 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what …
Psalm 49:1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
Meshelemiah. Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of Meshelemiah, by the aphaeresis of () {mem}.
1 Chronicles 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
Shelemiah
Asaph This variation arises from the mutation of {yood} into {aleph}; being written in the parallel passages () {Ebiaspah}, and here Asaph.
1 Chronicles 6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
1 Chronicles 9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, …
Ebiasaph
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
Obed-edom
1 Chronicles 15:18,21,24 And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, …
1 Chronicles 16:5,38 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, …
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
him. `That is, Obed-edom, as ch
Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
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 to the gate, as Dr. Delaney suggests that the word {shoarim} should be rendered: and perhaps in this sense alone are we to understand their office, which appears to have been of considerable dignity, and conferred only on men of the first rank. They were appointed to attend the temple, to guard all the avenues to it, to open and shut all the outer gates, and attend at them, not only for state but for service. They were also required to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the conduct they were to observe, to encourage those who were timid, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others who were enemies to the house of God.
1 Chronicles 26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their …
2 Chronicles 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore …
Nehemiah 11:14 And their brothers, mighty men of valor, an hundred twenty and eight: …
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto …
2 Timothy 2:3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
able men
Matthew 25:15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; …
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit…
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of …
1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man …
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
Meshelemiah
1 Chronicles 26:1,14 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah …
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
Hosah
1 Chronicles 16:38 And Obededom with their brothers, three score and eight; Obededom …
his father
1 Chronicles 5:1,2 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; …
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
wards That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.
1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, …
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
as well the small as the great [heb] or, as well for the small as for the great.
1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of …
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
Shelemiah
1 Chronicles 25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service …
Meshelemiah Zechariah
1 Chronicles 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, …
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
Asuppim [heb] gatherings. Or, collections
1 Chronicles 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a …
probably the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the priests and Levites, were laid up. Obed-edom is said to have had the charge of the treasures, etc.
2 Chronicles 25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that …
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
Hosah
1 Chronicles 25:10,11 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve…
Shallecheth That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its courts, was cast out.
causeway
1 Kings 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the …
2 Chronicles 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the …
ward against ward That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.
1 Chronicles 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, …
Nehemiah 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the …
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
Eastward
1 Chronicles 9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the …
Asuppim
1 Chronicles 26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
Parbar Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes suburbs.
2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to …
in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
Kore Kore, or rather, Kohri, is essentially the same with () Korah, merely having a paragogic {yood}.
Numbers 16:11 For which cause both you and all your company are gathered together …
Korah
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
treasures
1 Chronicles 26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over …
1 Chronicles 9:26-30 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, …
1 Chronicles 22:3,4,14-16 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors …
1 Chronicles 28:12-19 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of …
1 Chronicles 29:2-8 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the …
1 Kings 14:26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the …
1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures …
Malachi 3:10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat …
dedicated things [heb] holy things
1 Chronicles 26:26-28 Which Shelomith and his brothers were over all the treasures of the …
1 Chronicles 18:11 Them also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and the …
1 Kings 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD…
2 Chronicles 31:11,12 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; …
As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
Laadan
1 Chronicles 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
Libni
1 Chronicles 23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
Jehieli Jehieli, () is the same as Jehiel, () with the addition of {yood}
1 Chronicles 23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
1 Chronicles 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure …
Jehiel
over the treasures
1 Chronicles 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of …
Nehemiah 10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the …
Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
Amramites
1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Numbers 3:19,27 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, …
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
Shebuel The difference between () Shubael, and () Shebuel, simply arises from the elision of {wav} and a change of vowels.
1 Chronicles 23:15,16 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer…
1 Chronicles 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; …
Shubael
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
Eliezer
1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
Exodus 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, …
Rehabiah
1 Chronicles 23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had …
Shelomith
1 Chronicles 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
over all the treasures
1 Chronicles 18:11 Them also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and the …
1 Chronicles 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD …
1 Chronicles 29:2-9 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the …
Numbers 31:30-52 And of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one portion …
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
Out
Joshua 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are …
spoils won in battles [heb] battles and spoils
to maintain
2 Kings 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
Nehemiah 10:32-34 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the …
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Samuel
1 Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he …
Abner
1 Samuel 14:47-51 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his …
1 Samuel 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said …
joab
2 Samuel 10:9-14 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before …
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Izharites
1 Chronicles 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
the outward
2 Chronicles 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of …
Nehemiah 11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the …
officers
1 Chronicles 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of …
2 Chronicles 19:8-11 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of …
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
the Hebronites
1 Chronicles 23:12,19 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four…
men of valour
1 Chronicles 26:6 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the …
officers [heb] over the charge
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
Jerijah
1 Chronicles 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel …
Jeriah
fortieth
1 Chronicles 29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years …
1 Kings 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven …
Jazer
Joshua 21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Isaiah 16:9 Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: …
And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
men of valour
1 Chronicles 26:6-9 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the …
chief fathers
1 Chronicles 15:12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …
1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even …
1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of …
Reubenites
1 Chronicles 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, …
and affairs [heb] and thing
2 Chronicles 19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters …
There were more levites employed as judges with the two tribes and a half on the other side of Jordan, than with all the rest of the tribes; there were two thousand seven hundred, whereas on the west side of Jordan there were only one thousand seven hundred. Either those remote tribes were not so well furnished with judges of their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the borders of the neighbouring nations, and were thus in danger of being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of Levites to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.
