Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. _Ver. l. Concerning the divisions._] _De vicibus aut classibus._ Of the porters.] Or, Door keepers, sextons, sacrists, &c., an office of good account; their ordinary employment was to... [ Continue Reading ]
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. Ver. 5. _For God blessed him._] With many children; and otherwise also. God's retributions are very bountiful.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 like to the house of their father: _i.e., _ they were mighty men of valour, able to execute their of... [ Continue Reading ]
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;) Ver. 10. _Yet his father made him the chief._] Not in the right of first born, but in his office of a warder. _a_ a Jun.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. Ver. 14. _Fell to Shelemiah._] _Alias_ Meshelemiah. 1Ch 26:1 So Jehoshuah the high priest is called Joshua. It is lawful to abbreviate names. _ A wise counsellor._... [ Continue Reading ]
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. Ver. 15. _The house of Asuppim._] _a_ Or, Of gatherings: the congregation house, where the Sanhedrim met and sat. Some take it for the place where the collection money was kept. See 2 Chronicles 25:24. Others, for a proper name. _ a_ _Do... [ Continue Reading ]
_To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward._ Ver. 16. _With the gate Shallecheth,_] _i.e., _ Of casting out; this was the dung gate of the temple. _ By the causeway of the going up._] Which is thought to be the... [ Continue Reading ]
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar. Ver. 18. _Parbar._] Thought to be the same with Shallecheth. 1Ch 26:16... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Uzzielites: Ver. 23. _Amramites,_] _i.e., _ The posterity of Amram by his son Moses; who upon some occasion - to avoid superstition or usurpation of some pre-eminence forbidden by the Lord - did not leave his own name to his children,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, [was] ruler of the treasures. Ver. 24. _Rulers of the treasures,_] _i.e., _ Of those dedicated things which were in the custody of Shelomith and his brethren. 1Ch 26:26... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. Ver. 29. _For the outward business._] Country employment, as provision of fuel, first fruits, tithes, &c., expounding also of the law, and therehence answering cases, solving doubts; super... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 26:30 [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. Ver. 30. _And in the service of the king._] Putting... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 32. _Over the Reubenites, &c._] These were more remot... [ Continue Reading ]