1 Chronicles 26
Overview
26:1 The divisions of the porters;
26:13 The gates assigned by lot;
26:20 The Levites that had charge of the treasures;
26:29 Officers and judges. Verse 1 the divisionsThere 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 - 1 Chronicles 26:14
the southern to Obed-edom - 26:15
and the western to Shuppim and Hosah - 26:16. These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.the porters 9:17-27, 15:18, 15:23, 15:24; 2 Chronicles 23:19 Korhites Numbers 26:9-11; Psalm 44:1, 49:1 *titles
Meshelemiah שׁלמיה [H8018], Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of משׁלמיה [H4920], Meshelemiah, by the apheresis of מ, mem. 1 Chronicles 26:14, Shelemiah
Asaph This variation arises from the rejection of the word אב [H1], av, "father," and the mutation of י, yood, into א, aleph; being written in the parallel passages אביסף [H43], Ebiasaph, and here אסף [H623], Asaph. 6:37, 9:19, EbiasaphReciprocal Numbers 3:18 - General; 3:19 - General; 2 Kings 23:4 - the keepers; 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph; 23:6 - courses; 26:9 - Meshelemiah; 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the porters; 34:13 - porters; Ezra 2:42 - the porters; Nehemiah 7:45 - The porters; Ezekiel 44:11 - having charge Verse 2 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 26:14 - Zechariah Verse 4 Obededom 1 Chronicles 15:18, 15:21, 15:24, 16:5, 16:38 Reciprocal Genesis 48:9 - my sons; 2 Samuel 6:10 - Obededom; 1 Chronicles 13:13 - Obededom Verse 5 him"That is, Obed-edom, as 1 Chronicles 13:14." Psalm 128:1 Reciprocal Genesis 1:28 - General; 48:9 - my sons Verse 6 mighty men of valourThey 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 here, 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, 12:28; Judges 6:12; 2 Samuel 2:7 *marg. 2 Chronicles 26:17; Nehemiah 11:14; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:3 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 9:13 - very able men; 26:30 - men of valour; 26:32 - men of valour Verse 7 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 9:19 - keepers of the entry Verse 8 able men Matthew 25:15; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Peter 4:11 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 9:19 - keepers of the entry; 13:13 - Obededom; 15:18 - Obededom; 26:6 - mighty men of valour Verse 9 Meshelemiah 1 Chronicles 26:1, 26:14
Verse 10 Hosah 1 Chronicles 16:38 his father 5:1, 5:2 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 21:16 - General; 1 Chronicles 26:16 - Hosah; Nehemiah 12:35 - Zechariah Verse 11 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 26:16 - Hosah; Nehemiah 12:35 - Zechariah Verse 12 wardsThat 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 Reciprocal 9:18 - they; 26:16 - ward against ward; 2 Chronicles 31:14 - the porter; Nehemiah 12:25 - keeping Verse 13 as well the small as the greatHeb. or, as well for the small as for the great, 1 Chronicles 24:31, 25:8 Reciprocal 2 Kings 11:6 - the gate of Sur; 22:4 - the keepers; 1 Chronicles 9:19 - keepers of the entry; 2 Chronicles 23:4 - porters; Nehemiah 11:1 - cast lots Verse 14 Shelemiah 1 Chronicles 26:1, MeshelemiahZechariah 26:2 Reciprocal 9:21 - Zechariah; 9:24 - four; 26:9 - Meshelemiah; 2 Chronicles 31:14 - the porter; 35:15 - the porters; Ezra 8:16 - men of understanding Verse 15 AsuppimHeb. gatherings, [H624], 1 Chronicles 26:17; 2 Chronicles 25:24; Nehemiah 12:25; Ecclesiastes 12:11
Or collections; 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., in 2 Chronicles 25:24.Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 15:18 - Obededom Verse 16 Hosah 1 Chronicles 26:10, 26:11 ShallechethThat 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; 2 Chronicles 9:4 ward against wardThat is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west. 1 Chronicles 26:12, 25:8; Nehemiah 12:24
Verse 17 Eastward 1 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:14 Asuppim 1 Chronicles 26:15 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 31:14 - the porter Verse 18 Parbari.e. the outside place; he annulled the corn; a quarter of Jerusalem - Strong
[H6503], 1 Chronicles 26:18, Also, 2 Kings 23:11 Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes suburbs - 23:11
in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
Verse 19 KoreKore, or rather, Korhi, [קרחי [H7145], is essentially the same with קרח [H7141], Korah, merely having a paragogic י, yood. Numbers 16:11, Korah
Verse 20 treasures 1 Chronicles 26:22, 9:26-30, 22:3, 22:4, 22:14-16, 28:12-19, 29:2-8; 1 Kings 14:26, 15:18; Malachi 3:10 dedicated thingsHeb. holy things, 1 Chronicles 26:26-28, 18:11; 1 Kings 7:51; 2 Chronicles 31:11, 31:12 Reciprocal Numbers 3:7 - keep; 3:8 - General; 3:32 - General; 8:26 - to keep; 31:30 - keep the; Joshua 6:19 - all the silver; 1 Chronicles 23:4 - twenty; 28:11 - the treasuries; 2 Chronicles 8:15 - the treasures; 15:18 - brought; Ezra 2:69 - the treasure; 8:29 - Watch ye; Nehemiah 11:16 - had the oversight of Verse 21 Laadan 1 Chronicles 6:17, Libni, 23:7 Reciprocal Numbers 3:25 - the charge; 1 Chronicles 29:8 - Jehiel the Gershonite; Nehemiah 12:44 - chambers Verse 22 JehieliJehieli, יחיאלי [H3172], is the same as Jehiel, יחיאל [H3171], with the addition of י, yood. 1 Chronicles 23:8, 29:8, Jehielover the treasures 26:20; Nehemiah 10:38 Reciprocal Numbers 3:7 - keep; 3:25 - the charge; 1 Chronicles 9:28 - the charge Verse 23 Amramites 1 Chronicles 23:12; Numbers 3:19, 3:27 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 15:9 - Hebron; 23:14 - his sons; 26:29 - Izharites Verse 24 ShebuelThe difference between שׁובאל [H7619], Shubael, and שׁבאל [H7619], Shebuel, simply arises from the elision of ו, wav and a change of vowels. 1 Chronicles 23:15, 23:16, 24:20, Shubael
Verse 25 Eliezer 1 Chronicles 23:15; Exodus 18:4 Rehabiah 1 Chronicles 23:17 Shelomith 23:18 Reciprocal 24:21 - Isshiah Verse 26 over all the treasures 1 Chronicles 18:11, 22:14, 29:2-9; Numbers 31:30-52 Reciprocal 3:7 - keep; 31:28 - levy; Joshua 6:19 - all the silver; 2 Samuel 8:11 - Which; 1 Kings 7:51 - things which David his father had dedicated; 15:15 - he brought; 2 Kings 11:9 - the captains; 11:10 - king David's spears; 1 Chronicles 23:18 - Shelomith; 24:22 - Shelomoth; 26:20 - dedicated things; 28:12 - the treasuries; 2 Chronicles 5:1 - brought in all; 5:2 - the chief; 15:11 - offered; 31:3 - the king's Verse 27 Out Joshua 6:19 spoils won in battlesHeb. battles and spoilsto maintain 2 Kings 12:14; Nehemiah 10:32-34 Reciprocal Numbers 31:28 - levy; 2 Kings 11:10 - king David's spears; 1 Chronicles 18:11 - dedicated; 2 Chronicles 15:11 - offered Verse 28 Samuel 1 Samuel 9:9 Abner 14:47-51, 17:55 Joab 2 Samuel 10:9-14 Reciprocal Joshua 6:19 - all the silver Verse 29 Izharites 1 Chronicles 26:23, 23:12 the outward 2 Chronicles 34:13; Nehemiah 11:16 officers 1 Chronicles 23:4; 2 Chronicles 19:8-11 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 16:18 - Judges; 1 Chronicles 27:8 - Shamhuth Verse 30 the Hebronites 1 Chronicles 23:12, 23:19 men of valour 26:6 officersHeb. over the chargeReciprocal 9:13 - very able men; 15:9 - Hebron; 27:17 - Hashabiah; 2 Chronicles 19:11 - all matters; 34:13 - officers Verse 31 Jerijah 1 Chronicles 23:19, Jeriahfortieth 29:27; 1 Kings 2:11 Jazer Joshua 21:39; Isaiah 16:9 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 5:4 - forty; 1 Chronicles 5:9 - Gilead; 15:9 - Hebron; 24:23 - Jeriah; Nehemiah 12:27 - out Verse 32 men of valour 1 Chronicles 26:6-9 chief fathers 15:12, 23:24, 24:31 Reubenites 12:37 and affairsHeb. and thing, 2 Chronicles 19:11
There were more Levites employed as judges with the two tribes and 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 as the rest with judges of their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the borders of the neighbouring nations, and were thus much in danger of being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of Levites to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.Reciprocal Genesis 46:11 - Levi; Numbers 1:50 - thou shalt; 8:15 - go in; 32:33 - half the; 1 Chronicles 6:48 - brethren; 9:13 - very able men; 9:22 - David; 28:21 - the courses; 2 Chronicles 23:8 - the courses; 31:2 - the courses; 31:17 - by their courses; 35:4 - after your courses; Ezra 6:18 - the priests; 8:1 - the chief; Nehemiah 7:1 - the porters; 12:24 - according; 12:45 - the singers; 13:30 - appointed; Matthew 25:16 - went