1 Chronicles 9:26

chief. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint and Syriac, read "mighty men of the gates".

set office. trust.

chambers. = storehouses.

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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²⁶ For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 9:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Chronicles 9:26