“ And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. ”
Further Levitical Temple Officials. These include the gatekeepers ( 1 Chronicles 26:1-19 ), those who were over the treasuries ( 1 Chronicles 26:20-28 ), and the officers and judges who were for th...
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Particulars respecting various Temple Officials 1. The divisions of the porters] i.e. the courses of the gate-keepers or sentries who stood on guard at the entrances of the Temple. They were drawn...
And Meshelemiah. — This goes back to 1 Chronicles 26:2 , and forms a kind of supplement to the statement there. The Korhite ( Kohathite ) porters make a total of 80 families; viz., 62 of Obed-edom...
In no particular did the arrangements of the king fall short. Not only Levites, priests, and singers were arranged for, but porters also, and such as had charge of all the stores set apart for the sa...
The office of a porter in the temple, must certainly have been an office of high repute and importance, as appears by the characters given of such to whose lot it fell. They are said to be mighty men...
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen ,.... He had seven sons, 1 Chronicles 26:1 and therefore must have eleven brethren or kinsmen.
The Officers of the Levites. B. C. Date. 1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of t...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] The courses of the porters ( 1 Chronicles 26:1-12 ); lots cast for gate-keepers ( 1 Chronicles 26:13-19 ); keepers of treasures ( 1 Chronicles 26:20-28 ); the officers and the judges...
1 Chronicles 26:28 . Joab had dedicated the spoils of war. Cyrus set apart the tenth of all his spoils for the gods. It was much the same among the Jews: in a line from Abraham, who gave the tenth...
EXPOSITION This chapter is occupied in its first nineteen verses with an enumeration of the porters and Then of their arrangement. The porters were those who were to have charge of the entrances...
The Other Levitical offices. Division and Work of the Porters.
1 Chronicles 26:1 ; 1 Chronicles 26:14