1 Chronicles 9:1
IN THE BOOK, etc.] RV 'in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away.. to Babylon.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE BOOK, etc.] RV 'in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away.. to Babylon.'... [ Continue Reading ]
GENEALOGIES (CONCLUDED) This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE FIRST INHABITANTS, etc.] This section (1 Chronicles 9:2) relates to the reoccupation of Jerusalem after the return from the exile, and appears to be a defective duplicate of Nehemiah 11:3 with some variations in the names. THE ISRAELITES] i.e. the lay population as contrasted with the eccle... [ Continue Reading ]
SHILONITES] better, 'Shelanites,' the descendants of Judah's son Shelah: Numbers 26:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RULER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD] applied in 2 Chronicles 31:10; 2 Chronicles 31:13 to the high priest, but in 2 Chronicles 35:3 to others besides.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S GATE] In pre-exilic times this communicated between the Temple and the royal palace (2 Kings 16:18). THE COMPANIES] RV 'the camp': the phrase is transferred from the time of the wanderings, certain positions in the Temple corresponding to similar positions in the camp of the wilderness.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE _are_ THE SINGERS] a list of names has fallen out. FREE] i.e. were exempt from other duties.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN GIBEON, etc.] This account of Saul's ancestry and descendants is repeated from 1 Chronicles 8:29 as an introduction to the narrative of his death given in 1 Chronicles 10.... [ Continue Reading ]