“ The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. ”
The courses of the priests (the sons of Aaron), twenty-four in number, took their turns in the service of the Temple, and each course cast lots for the particular place of service of each priest ( cf...
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
The Courses of the Sons of Aaron 1. Divisions.. Aaron] i.e. courses of the priests, corresponding to the course of the Levites described in 1 Chronicles 23:6 .
Delaiah. — 1 Chronicles 3:24 , a common post-exilic name ( Jah draws out, i.e., frees ) : but comp. Jeremiah 36:12 , and Note on 1 Chronicles 3:1 . Maaziah. — Here only. Perhaps “Maadiah” (...
With great care and perfect democracy of choice the courses of the priests were next set in order. There was a tactful mingling in the arrangement of the older and the younger men, so that in this hi...
The division and arrangement begins very properly in the house of Aaron; for Aaron himself was called of God. Hebrews 5:4 . And it was worthy observation that the appointment of this man's family to...
2 Chronicles 24:7
The Courses of the Priests. B. C. 1015. 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of A...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter we have divisions of the 24 orders of priests ( 1 Chronicles 24:1-19 ), and the classes of Levites who attended them in discharge of their sacred functions. 1 Chro...
1 Chronicles 24:5 . They were divided by lot, into twenty four courses. David might perhaps have interfered, and promoted one of each course to be the overseer of the other priests; but he did mor...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 24:1-13 The twenty-four classes of priests. 1 Chronicles 24:1 The Hebrew of this verse reads , And to the sons of Aaron, their divisions מַחְלְקוֹתָם ); the s...
The Divisions of the Priests
1 Chronicles 24:18 ; Jeremiah 36:12 ; Nehemiah 10:8