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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...
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5. THE PORTERS AND OTHER TEMPLE OFFICERS
CHAPTER 26
_ 1. The porters (1 Chronicles 26:1)_
2. The keepers of the gates (1 Chronicles 26:13)
3. The Levites over the treasures (1 Chronicles 26:20)
4...
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FURTHER LEVITICAL TEMPLE OFFICIALS. These include the gatekeepers (1
Chronicles 26:1), those who were over the treasuries (1 Chronicles
26:20), and the officers and judges who were for the outward bus...
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_throughout the house_ R.V. OVER THE HOUSE....
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18. THE GATEKEEPERS (1 Chronicles 26:1-28)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 26:1. For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the
Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2. And
Meshelemiah had sons...
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_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. The circumstance of physical strength is
promin...
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PARTICULARS RESPECTING VARIOUS TEMPLE OFFICIALS
1. The divisions of the porters] i.e. the courses of the gate-keepers
or sentries who stood on guard at the entrances of the Temple. They
were drawn fr...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 26
THE *TEMPLE GUARDS – 1 CHRONICLES 26:1-19
V1 These are the groups of the *temple guards:
From the *clan of Ko...
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THAT RULED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHER. — Rather, _The
lords of their clan._ The word translated “that ruled,” is not a
verb, but an abstract noun (_mimshâl_)_,_ like our expression “the
auth...
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וְ לִֽ שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה בְנֹו֙ נֹולַ֣ד
בָּנִ֔ים הַ מִּמְשָׁלִ֖ים לְ בֵ֣ית
אֲבִיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי ־גִבֹּ֥ורֵי חַ֖יִל...
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In no particular did the arrangements of the king fall short. Not only
Levites, priests, and singers were arranged for, but porters also, and
such as had charge of all the stores set apart for the sac...
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Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that (c) ruled throughout
the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.
(c) Or, like their father's house, meaning, worthy men and valian...
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_Semei, who is called Semeias, ver. 4., and 7. The last syllable is
not lost in Hebrew or Septuagint. (Haydock) --- Valour. Their post was
of a military nature, and required strength. Josephus says, s...
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The office of a porter in the temple, must certainly have been an
office of high repute and importance, as appears by the characters
given of such to whose lot it fell. They are said to be mighty men...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27.
From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the
house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of
everythi...
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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 MIG...
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Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the
house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.
Ver. 6. _That ruled throughout the house of their father._] Or, Were...
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_They were mighty men of valour_ This clause is divers times
mentioned, because their office required both strength and courage:
for they were to shut the doors of the temple, one whereof was so
great...
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1 The diuisions of the porters.
13 The gates assigned by lot.
20 The Leuites that had charge of the treasures.
29 Officers and Iudges.
1 CONCERNING the diuisions of the porters: of the Korhites wa...
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The Other Levitical offices.
Division and Work of the Porters....
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THAT RULED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHER; that had the command
of their brethren and families, being, as some say, captains of
hundreds or of thousands; of which see EXODUS 18:25 2 KINGS 11:9....
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1 Chronicles 26:6 Shemaiah H8098 son H1121 sons H1121 born H3205
(H8738) governed H4474 fathers H1 houses H1004 men H1368 ability H2428
mighty men of valour - 1 Chronicles 26:8, 1 Chronicles 12:28; J...
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CONTENTS: The division of the temple porters. Levites as treasurers.
Officers and judges
CHARACTERS: God, Shelemiah, Zechariah, Shuppin, Hozah, Obed-edom.
CONCLUSION: Whatever service God wishes men...
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1 Chronicles 26:28. _Joab had dedicated_ the spoils of war. Cyrus set
apart the tenth of all his spoils for the gods. It was much the same
among the Jews: in a line from Abraham, who gave the tenths t...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 26:1 See 1 Chronicles 9:17 and 1
Chronicles 23:4. The Levitical gatekeepers were to safeguard the
sanctuary from trespassers and from idolatrous practices (see 2
Chro...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The courses of the porters (1 Chronicles 26:1); lots
cast for gate-keepers (1 Chronicles 26:13); keepers of treasures (1
Chronicles 26:20); the officers and the judges (1 Chronicles 2...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is occupied in its first nineteen verses with an
enumeration of the porters and Then of their arrangement. The porters
were those who were to have charge of the entrances of t...
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Chapter twenty-six: the division of the porters and then their
assignment over the various gates around the temple. And then in verse
twenty: those who had charge over the treasures of the house of th...
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1 Chronicles 12:28; 1 Chronicles 26:8; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Chronicles
26:17; 2 Samuel 2:7; 2 Timothy 2:3; Judges 6:12; Nehemiah 11:14...
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Of valour — This clause is divers times mentioned, because their
office required both strength and courage: for they were to shut the
doors of the temple, one whereof was so great and weighty, that in...