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Chapter 26
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the divisions There 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 (1Chr 26:14); the southern to Obed-edom (1Chr 26:15); and the western to Shuppim and Hosah (1Chr 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 1Chr 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.
the porters 1Chr 9:17-27, 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 15:23-24; 2Chr 23:19
Korhites Num 26:9-11; Ps 44:1, Ps 49:1 *titles
Meshelemiah ωΡμξιδ H8018, Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of ξωΡμξιδ H4920, Meshelemiah, by the apheresis of ξ, mem. 1Chr 26:14, Shelemiah
Asaph This variation arises from the rejection of the word ΰα H1, av, "father," and the mutation of ι, yood, into ΰ, aleph; being written in the parallel passages ΰαιρσ H43, Ebiasaph, and here ΰρσ H623, Asaph. 1Chr 6:37, 1Chr 9:19, Ebiasaph
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Obededom 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 15:21, 1Chr 15:24, 1Chr 16:5, 1Chr 16:38
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him "That is, Obed-edom, as 1Chr 13:14." Ps 128:1
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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 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. 1Chr 26:8, 1Chr 12:28; Judg 6:12; 2Sam 2:7 *marg. 2Chr 26:17; Neh 11:14; 1Tim 6:12; 2Tim 2:3
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able men Matt 25:15; 1Cor 12:4-11; 2Cor 3:6; 1Pet 4:11
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Meshelemiah 1Chr 26:1, 1Chr 26:14
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Hosah 1Chr 16:38
his father 1Chr 5:1-2
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wards That 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. 1Chr 25:8
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as well the small as the great Heb. or, as well for the small as for the great, 1Chr 24:31, 1Chr 25:8
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Shelemiah 1Chr 26:1, Meshelemiah
Zechariah 1Chr 26:2
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Asuppim Heb. gatherings, H624, 1Chr 26:17; 2Chr 25:24; Neh 12:25; Eccl 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 2Chr 25:24.
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Hosah 1Chr 26:10-11
Shallecheth That 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 1Kgs 10:5; 2Chr 9:4
ward against ward That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west. 1Chr 26:12, 1Chr 25:8; Neh 12:24
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Eastward 1Chr 9:24; 2Chr 8:14
Asuppim 1Chr 26:15
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Parbar i.e. the outside place; he annulled the corn; a quarter of Jerusalem (Strong), H6503, 1Chr 26:18, Also, 2Kgs 23:11 Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes suburbs (2Kgs 23:11), in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
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Kore Kore, or rather, Korhi, χψηι H7145, is essentially the same with χψη H7141, Korah, merely having a paragogic ι, yood. Num 16:11, Korah
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treasures 1Chr 26:22, 1Chr 9:26-30, 1Chr 22:3-4, 1Chr 22:14-16, 1Chr 28:12-19, 1Chr 29:2-8; 1Kgs 14:26, 1Kgs 15:18; Mal 3:10
dedicated things Heb. holy things, 1Chr 26:26-28, 1Chr 18:11; 1Kgs 7:51; 2Chr 31:11-12
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Laadan 1Chr 6:17, Libni, 1Chr 23:7
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Jehieli Jehieli, ιηιΰμι H3172, is the same as Jehiel, ιηιΰμ H3171, with the addition of ι, yood. 1Chr 23:8, 1Chr 29:8, Jehiel
over the treasures 1Chr 26:20; Neh 10:38
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Amramites 1Chr 23:12; Num 3:19, Num 3:27
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Shebuel The difference between ωΡεαΰμ H7619, Shubael, and ωΡαΰμ H7619, Shebuel, simply arises from the elision of ε, wav and a change of vowels. 1Chr 23:15-16, 1Chr 24:20, Shubael
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Eliezer 1Chr 23:15; Exod 18:4
Rehabiah 1Chr 23:17
Shelomith 1Chr 23:18
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over all the treasures 1Chr 18:11, 1Chr 22:14, 1Chr 29:2-9; Num 31:30-52
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Out Josh 6:19
spoils won in battles Heb. battles and spoils
to maintain 2Kgs 12:14; Neh 10:32-34
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Samuel 1Sam 9:9
Abner 1Sam 14:47-51, 1Sam 17:55
Joab 2Sam 10:9-14
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Izharites 1Chr 26:23, 1Chr 23:12
the outward 2Chr 34:13; Neh 11:16
officers 1Chr 23:4; 2Chr 19:8-11
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the Hebronites 1Chr 23:12, 1Chr 23:19
men of valour 1Chr 26:6
officers Heb. over the charge
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Jerijah 1Chr 23:19, Jeriah
fortieth 1Chr 29:27; 1Kgs 2:11
Jazer Josh 21:39; Isa 16:9
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men of valour 1Chr 26:6-9
chief fathers 1Chr 15:12, 1Chr 23:24, 1Chr 24:31
Reubenites 1Chr 12:37
and affairs Heb. and thing, 2Chr 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.
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the divisions There 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 (1Chr 26:14); the southern to Obed-edom (1Chr 26:15); and the western to Shuppim and Hosah (1Chr 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 1Chr 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.
the porters 1Chr 9:17-27, 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 15:23-24; 2Chr 23:19
Korhites Num 26:9-11; Ps 44:1, Ps 49:1 *titles
Meshelemiah ωΡμξιδ H8018, Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of ξωΡμξιδ H4920, Meshelemiah, by the apheresis of ξ, mem. 1Chr 26:14, Shelemiah
Asaph This variation arises from the rejection of the word ΰα H1, av, "father," and the mutation of ι, yood, into ΰ, aleph; being written in the parallel passages ΰαιρσ H43, Ebiasaph, and here ΰρσ H623, Asaph. 1Chr 6:37, 1Chr 9:19, Ebiasaph
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Obededom 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 15:21, 1Chr 15:24, 1Chr 16:5, 1Chr 16:38
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him "That is, Obed-edom, as 1Chr 13:14." Ps 128:1
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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 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. 1Chr 26:8, 1Chr 12:28; Judg 6:12; 2Sam 2:7 *marg. 2Chr 26:17; Neh 11:14; 1Tim 6:12; 2Tim 2:3
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able men Matt 25:15; 1Cor 12:4-11; 2Cor 3:6; 1Pet 4:11
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Meshelemiah 1Chr 26:1, 1Chr 26:14
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Hosah 1Chr 16:38
his father 1Chr 5:1-2
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wards That 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. 1Chr 25:8
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as well the small as the great Heb. or, as well for the small as for the great, 1Chr 24:31, 1Chr 25:8
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Shelemiah 1Chr 26:1, Meshelemiah
Zechariah 1Chr 26:2
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Asuppim Heb. gatherings, H624, 1Chr 26:17; 2Chr 25:24; Neh 12:25; Eccl 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 2Chr 25:24.
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Hosah 1Chr 26:10-11
Shallecheth That 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 1Kgs 10:5; 2Chr 9:4
ward against ward That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west. 1Chr 26:12, 1Chr 25:8; Neh 12:24
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Eastward 1Chr 9:24; 2Chr 8:14
Asuppim 1Chr 26:15
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Parbar i.e. the outside place; he annulled the corn; a quarter of Jerusalem (Strong), H6503, 1Chr 26:18, Also, 2Kgs 23:11 Parbar is most probably the same as parwar, which denotes suburbs (2Kgs 23:11), in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
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Kore Kore, or rather, Korhi, χψηι H7145, is essentially the same with χψη H7141, Korah, merely having a paragogic ι, yood. Num 16:11, Korah
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treasures 1Chr 26:22, 1Chr 9:26-30, 1Chr 22:3-4, 1Chr 22:14-16, 1Chr 28:12-19, 1Chr 29:2-8; 1Kgs 14:26, 1Kgs 15:18; Mal 3:10
dedicated things Heb. holy things, 1Chr 26:26-28, 1Chr 18:11; 1Kgs 7:51; 2Chr 31:11-12
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Laadan 1Chr 6:17, Libni, 1Chr 23:7
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Jehieli Jehieli, ιηιΰμι H3172, is the same as Jehiel, ιηιΰμ H3171, with the addition of ι, yood. 1Chr 23:8, 1Chr 29:8, Jehiel
over the treasures 1Chr 26:20; Neh 10:38
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Amramites 1Chr 23:12; Num 3:19, Num 3:27
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Shebuel The difference between ωΡεαΰμ H7619, Shubael, and ωΡαΰμ H7619, Shebuel, simply arises from the elision of ε, wav and a change of vowels. 1Chr 23:15-16, 1Chr 24:20, Shubael
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Eliezer 1Chr 23:15; Exod 18:4
Rehabiah 1Chr 23:17
Shelomith 1Chr 23:18
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over all the treasures 1Chr 18:11, 1Chr 22:14, 1Chr 29:2-9; Num 31:30-52
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Out Josh 6:19
spoils won in battles Heb. battles and spoils
to maintain 2Kgs 12:14; Neh 10:32-34
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Samuel 1Sam 9:9
Abner 1Sam 14:47-51, 1Sam 17:55
Joab 2Sam 10:9-14
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Izharites 1Chr 26:23, 1Chr 23:12
the outward 2Chr 34:13; Neh 11:16
officers 1Chr 23:4; 2Chr 19:8-11
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the Hebronites 1Chr 23:12, 1Chr 23:19
men of valour 1Chr 26:6
officers Heb. over the charge
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Jerijah 1Chr 23:19, Jeriah
fortieth 1Chr 29:27; 1Kgs 2:11
Jazer Josh 21:39; Isa 16:9
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men of valour 1Chr 26:6-9
chief fathers 1Chr 15:12, 1Chr 23:24, 1Chr 24:31
Reubenites 1Chr 12:37
and affairs Heb. and thing, 2Chr 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.