lot came forth. See notes on Exodus 28:30.
Jehoiarib. The twenty-four courses took, and kept, the names of these first heads (verses: 1 Chronicles 24:7-18). Each officiated. week (Sabbath to Sabbath), and Zacharias belonged to the eighth (Luke 1:5). Compare Nehemiah 12. Solomon appointed the same courses, which were continued by Hezekiah and Josiah. Only four returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:36-39; Nehemiah 7:39-42; Nehemiah 12:1-21). Luke 1:5 shows that they must have been made complete.