Chapter 9

1
am 2804, etc. bc 1200, etc

all Israel Ezra 2:59, Ezra 2:62-63; Neh 7:5, Neh 7:64; Matt 1:1-16; Luke 3:28-38

carried 2Chr 33:11, 2Chr 36:9-10, 2Chr 36:18-20; Jer 39:9, Jer 52:14-15; Dan 1:2


2
am 3468, bc 536

the first Ezra 2:70; Neh 7:73, Neh 11:3

the Nethinims Josh 9:21-27; Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 8:20; Neh 7:60, Neh 7:73, Neh 11:3, Neh 11:21


3
Jerusalem Neh 11:1, Neh 11:4-9

of the children of Ephraim 2Chr 11:16, 2Chr 30:11


4
Bani Neh 8:7, Neh 10:13

Pharez 1Chr 2:5, 1Chr 4:1; Gen 46:12; Num 26:20; Neh 11:4, Neh 11:6, Perez


5
Shilonites Num 26:20, Shelanites, Neh 11:5, Shiloni


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Zerah 1Chr 2:4, 1Chr 2:6; Gen 38:30, Zarah, Num 26:20


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Sallu Neh 8:4, Neh 10:20, Neh 11:7


10
Jehoiarib Neh 11:10-24, Neh 12:19, Joiarib


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Azariah 1Chr 6:8-15; Neh 10:2, Neh 11:11, Seraiah

the ruler 1Chr 24:5; Num 4:15-16, Num 4:28, Num 4:33; 2Kgs 23:4, 2Kgs 25:18; Neh 11:11; Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26


12
Meshillemith Neh 11:12-13, Meshillemoth

Immer 1Chr 24:14; Ezra 2:37; Neh 7:40


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very able men Heb. mighty men of valour, 1Chr 26:6, 1Chr 26:30, 1Chr 26:32; Neh 11:14


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Shemaiah Neh 11:15

Hashabiah Neh 10:11, Neh 12:24

of the sons 1Chr 6:19, 1Chr 6:29, 1Chr 6:63; Num 26:57


15
Mattaniah Neh 11:17, Neh 11:22, Micha, 1Chr 12:25

Zichri 1Chr 25:2; Neh 10:12, Zaccur, 1Chr 11:17, Zabdi, 1Chr 12:35, Zaccur


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Obadiah Neh 11:17, Abda, Shammua, 1Chr 12:25, the sons of Jeduthun, 1Chr 25:1, 1Chr 25:3, 1Chr 25:6; 2Chr 35:15

Netophathites 1Chr 2:54; Neh 7:26, Neh 12:28-30


17
the porters 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 26:1-32; Neh 11:19

Shallum 1Chr 9:19


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Who hitherto waited The original is wead hennah, which Houbigant and Dr. Geddes consider as a proper name, and render, "And Adanah was over the eastern gate, called the king's;" i.e., the gate by which the kings of Judah went to the temple. The list is here nearly the same with those found in Ezra and Nehemiah, and contains those who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, but the list in Nehemiah is more ample, probably because it contains those who came afterwards; the object of the sacred writer here being to give the names of those who came first (1Chr 9:2). These consisted of men belonging not only to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, but to many of the other tribes of Israel, who took advantage of the proclamation of Cyrus to return to Jerusalem. Properly speaking, the divisions mentioned here constituted the whole of the Israelitish people, who were divided into priests, Levites, common Israelites, and Nethinims.

the king's 1Kgs 10:5; 2Kgs 11:19; Ezek 44:2-3, Ezek 46:1-2; Acts 3:11

they 1Chr 26:12-19


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Ebiasaph 1Chr 6:22-23

Korah Num 26:9-11; Ps 42:1, Ps 44:1, Ps 49:1 *titles

gates Heb. thresholds, Ps 84:10 *marg.

over the host 2Kgs 11:9, 2Kgs 11:15; 2Chr 23:4-10

keepers of the entry 1Chr 26:7-8, 1Chr 26:13-19


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Phinehas Num 3:32, Num 4:16, Num 4:28, Num 4:33, Num 31:6

the Lord Num 25:11-13; 1Sam 16:18; Acts 7:9-10


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Zechariah 1Chr 26:14


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in their 1Chr 9:16, 1Chr 9:25; Neh 11:25-30, Neh 11:36, Neh 12:28-29, Neh 12:44

David 1Chr 23:1-32, 25:1-26:32, 1Chr 28:13, 1Chr 28:21

Samuel 1Sam 9:9

did ordain Heb. founded

set office or, trust, 1Chr 9:26, 1Chr 9:31


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the oversight 1Chr 23:32; 2Chr 23:19; Neh 12:45; Ezek 44:10-11, Ezek 44:14


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four 1Chr 26:14-18


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seven 2Kgs 11:5, 2Kgs 11:7; 2Chr 23:8


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set office or, trust

chambers or, storehouses, treasuries. 1Chr 26:20-27; 2Chr 31:5-12; Neh 10:38-39, Neh 13:5


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the charge 1Chr 23:32; Rom 12:7

the opening 1Sam 3:15; Mal 1:10


28
the charge 1Chr 26:22-26; Num 23:25-27; Ezra 8:25-30; Neh 12:44, Neh 13:4-5

bring them in and out Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out


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instruments or, vessels

the oil Exod 27:20

the frankincense Exod 30:23-38


30
of the sons Exod 30:25, Exod 30:33, Exod 30:35-38, Exod 37:29


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Shallum 1Chr 9:17, 1Chr 9:19

set office or, trust, 1Chr 9:22, 1Chr 9:26

in the pans or, on flat plates, or slices, Lev 2:5, Lev 2:7, Lev 6:21


32
the sons 1Chr 6:33-48

showbread Heb. bread of ordering

to Exod 25:30; Lev 24:5-8


33
the singers 1Chr 6:31-33, 1Chr 15:16-22, 1Chr 16:4-6, 1Chr 25:1-31; Ezra 7:24

were free Neh 11:17, Neh 11:22-23

they etc. Heb. upon them

employed A number of Levites were employed by rotation in singing the praises of Jehovah; and they seem to have continued the service day and night. See the references. Ps 134:1-2, Ps 135:1-3


34
chief fathers 1Chr 9:13; Neh 11:1-15

Jerusalem We have already seen the situation and extent of this ancient city (see note on 1Chr 8:28); but the Jerusalem of sacred history is no more. After having been successively destroyed by the Babylonians and Romans, and taken by the Saracens, Crusaders, and Turks, in the possession of the latter of whom it still continues, not a vestige remains of the capital of David and Solomon, not a monument of Jewish times is standing. The very course of the walls is changed, and the boundaries of the ancient city are become doubtful. The monks pretend to shew the sites of the sacred places; but they have not the slightest pretensions to even a probable identity with the real places. The Jerusalem that now is, however, called by the Arabs El Kouds, or "the holy city," is still a respectable, good-looking town, of an irregular shape. It is surrounded by high embattled walls, enclosing an area not exceeding two miles and a half, and occupying two small hills, having the valley of Jehoshaphat on the east, the valley of Siloam and Gehinnom on the south, and the valley of Rephaim on the west; and containing a population variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 souls.


35
am 2804, etc. bc 1200, etc

in Gibeon 1Chr 8:29-40

the father 1Chr 2:23-24, 1Chr 2:45, 1Chr 2:50-52

whose Some editions read achatho, "his sister;" but in the parallel place 1Chr 8:29, it is ishto, "his wife," which is also the reading of the LXX, Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac here, and is undoubtedly the true reading. This repetition of part of Bemjamin's genealogy seems to have been intended merely as an introduction to the ensuing history.


36
Kish 1Chr 9:39, 1Chr 8:33


37
Zechariah Zacher is merely an abbreviation of Zechariah, by the omission of Jah or Yah, one of the names of God. 1Chr 8:31, Zacher


38
Shimeam Shimeam seems to be a mistake for Shimeah; the only difference being ν, mem final, and δ, hay; and the LXX in both places read Σαμαα, Samaa. 1Chr 8:32, Shimeah


39
Ner 1Chr 8:33; 1Sam 14:50-51

and Saul 1Chr 10:2; 1Sam 13:22, 1Sam 14:1, 1Sam 14:49, Ishui, 1Sam 31:2

Eshbaal 1Chr 8:33


40
Meribbaal 1Chr 8:34-36


41
Ahaz 1Chr 8:35


42
begat Jarah Jarah seems also to be a mistake for Jehoadah, as the LXX read uniformly Ιαδα, Iada. 1Chr 8:36, Jehoadah


43
Rephaiah Rapha is merely a contracted form of Rephaiah. 1Chr 8:37, Rapha


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