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26:1 The divisions <04256> of the gatekeepers <07778>: From the Korahites <07145>: Meshelemiah <04920>, son <01121> of Kore <06981>, one of the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623>. 26:2 Meshelemiah’s <04920> sons <01121>: The firstborn <01060> Zechariah <02148>, the second <08145> Jediael <03043>, the third <07992> Zebadiah <02069>, the fourth <07243> Jathniel <03496>, 26:3 the fifth <02549> Elam <05867>, the sixth <08345> Jehohanan <03076>, and the seventh <07637> Elihoenai <0454>. 26:4 Obed-Edom’s <05654> sons <01121>: The firstborn <01060> Shemaiah <08098>, the second <08145> Jehozabad <03075>, the third <07992> Joah <03098>, the fourth <07243> Sakar <07940>, the fifth <02549> Nethanel <05417>, 26:5 the sixth <08345> Ammiel <05988>, the seventh <07637> Issachar <03485>, and the eighth <08066> Peullethai <06469>. (Indeed <03588>, God <0430> blessed <01288> Obed-Edom.) 26:6 His son <01121> Shemaiah <08098> also had <03205> sons <01121>, who were leaders <04474> of their families <01> <01004>, for <03588> they <01992> were highly respected <02428> <01368>. 26:7 The sons <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>: Othni <06273>, Rephael <07501>, Obed <05744>, and Elzabad <0443>. His relatives <0251> Elihu <0453> and Semakiah <05565> were also respected <02428> <01121>. 26:8 All <03605> these <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Obed-Edom <05654>. They <01992> and their sons <01121> and relatives <0251> were respected men <0376>, capable <02428> of doing their responsibilities <05656>. There were sixty-two <08147> <08346> of them related to Obed-Edom <05654>. 26:9 Meshelemiah <04920> had sons <01121> and relatives <0251> who were respected <02428>– eighteen <06240> <08083> in all. 26:10 Hosah <02621>, one of <04480> the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>, had sons <01121>: The firstborn <07218> Shimri <08113> (he was not <03808> actually the firstborn <01060>, but his father <01> gave him that status), 26:11 the second <08145> Hilkiah <02518>, the third <07992> Tebaliah <02882>, and the fourth <07243> Zechariah <02148>. All <03605> of Hosah’s <02621> sons <01121> and relatives <0251> numbered thirteen <06240> <07969>. 26:12 These <0428> divisions <04256> of the gatekeepers <07778>, corresponding to their leaders <01397> <07218>, had assigned responsibilities <04931>, like <05980> their relatives <0251>, as they served <08334> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 26:13 They cast <05307> lots <01486>, both young <06996> and old <01419>, according to their families <01> <01004>, to determine which gate <08179> they would be responsible for. 26:14 The lot <01486> for the east <04217> gate went <05307> to Shelemiah <08018>. They then cast <05307> lots <01486> for his son <01121> Zechariah <02148>, a wise <07922> adviser <03289>, and the lot <01486> for the north <06828> gate went <03318> to him. 26:15 Obed-Edom <05654> was assigned the south <05045> gate, and his sons <01121> were assigned the storehouses <0624> <01004>. 26:16 Shuppim <08206> and Hosah <02621> were assigned the west <04628> gate <08179>, along with <05973> the Shalleketh <07996> gate on the upper <05927> road <04546>. One guard <04929> was adjacent <05980> to another <04929>. 26:17 Each day <03117> <03117> there were six <08337> Levites <03881> posted on the east <04217>, four <0702> on the north <06828>, and four <0702> on the south <05045>. At the storehouses <0624> they were posted in pairs <08147> <08147>. 26:18 At the court <06503> on the west <04628> there were four <0702> posted on the road <04546> and two <08147> at the court <06503>. 26:19 These <0428> were the divisions <04256> of the gatekeepers <07778> who were descendants <01121> <01121> of Korah <07145> and Merari <04847>. 26:20 Their fellow Levites <03881> were in charge <05921> of the storehouses <0214> in God’s <0430> temple <01004> and the storehouses <0214> containing consecrated items <06944>. 26:21 The descendants <01121> of Ladan <03936>, who were descended <01121> from Gershon <01649> through Ladan <03936> and were leaders <07218> of the families <01> of Ladan <03936> the Gershonite <01649>, included Jehieli <03172> 26:22 and the sons <01121> of Jehieli <03172>, Zetham <02241> and his brother <0251> Joel <03100>. They were in charge <05921> of the storehouses <0214> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 26:23 As for the Amramites <06020>, Izharites <03325>, Hebronites <02276>, and Uzzielites <05817>: 26:24 Shebuel <07619> son <01121> of Gershom <01647>, the son <01121> of Moses <04872>, was the supervisor <05057> of the storehouses <0214>. 26:25 His relatives <0251> through Eliezer <0461> included: Rehabiah <07345> his son <01121>, Jeshaiah <03470> his son <01121>, Joram <03141> his son <01121>, Zikri <02147> his son <01121>, and Shelomith <08013> his son <01121>. 26:26 Shelomith <08013> and his relatives <0251> were in charge of <05921> all <03605> the storehouses <0214> containing the consecrated items <06944> dedicated <06942> by King <04428> David <01732>, the family <01> leaders <07218> who led units <08269> of a thousand <0505> and a hundred <03967>, and the army <06635> officers <08269>. 26:27 They had dedicated <06942> some of <04480> the plunder <07998> taken in <04480> battles <04421> to be used for repairs <02388> on the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 26:28 They were also in charge of everything <03605> dedicated <06942> by Samuel <08050> the prophet <07200>, Saul <07586> son <01121> of Kish <07027>, Abner <074> son <01121> of Ner <05369>, and Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>; Shelomith <08019> and his relatives <0251> were in <05921> charge <03027> of everything <03605> that had been dedicated <06942>. 26:29 As for the Izharites <03325>: Kenaniah <03663> and his sons <01121> were given responsibilities <04399> outside <02435> the temple as officers <07860> and judges <08199> over <05921> Israel <03478>. 26:30 As for the Hebronites <02276>: Hashabiah <02811> and his relatives <01121> <0251>, 1,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> respected men <02428>, were assigned responsibilities <06486> in <05921> Israel <03478> west <04628> <05676> of the Jordan <03383>; they did the Lord’s <03068> work <04399> and the king’s <04428> service <05656>. 26:31 As for the Hebronites <02276>: Jeriah <03404> was the leader <07218> of the Hebronites <02276> according to the genealogical records <08435>. In the fortieth <0705> year <08141> of David’s <01732> reign <04438>, they examined <01875> the records and discovered <04672> there were highly <01368> respected men <02428> in Jazer <03270> in Gilead <01568>. 26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> relatives <01121> <0251> who were respected <02428> family <01> leaders <07218>. King <04428> David <01732> placed them in charge <05921> of the Reubenites <07206>, the Gadites <01425>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04520>; they took care of all <03605> matters pertaining <01697> to God <0430> and the king <04428>.

• 1Ch 26:1-19 -- Divisions of Gatekeepers
• 1Ch 26:20-32 -- Supervisors of the Storehouses

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Worship

  [nave] WORSHIP, to be rendered to God only, Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 6:13; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8; Acts 10:26; 14:15; Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8. See: Homage. Of Jesus, See: Jesus, Worship of. Acceptable to God, Gen. 4:4; 8:21. Of th...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• PORT; PORTER

  [isbe] PORT; PORTER - port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only in Neh 2:13. "Porter," as "gate-keeper," however, is still ...
  

• Courses

  [ebd] When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to be conducted in the house of God. ...
  

• Porter

  [ebd] a gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the door...
  

• Obed-edom

  [ebd] servant of Edom. (1.) "The Gittite" (probably so called because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:1, 4-8), to whom was specially intrusted the custody of the ark (1 Chr. 15:18...
  [isbe] OBED-EDOM - o'-bed-e'-dom (`obhedh 'edhowm (2 Ch 25:24), `obhedd 'edhom (2 Sam 6:10; 1 Ch 13:13,14; 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so W. R. Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and H. P. Smith,...
  [nave] OBED-EDOM 1. Korhite Levite. Doorkeeper of the ark, 1 Chr. 15:18, 24; 26:4-8. David leaves ark with, 2 Sam. 6:10; 1 Chr. 13:13, 14. Ark removed from, 2 Sam. 6:12; 1 Chr. 15:25. Appointed to sound with harps, 1 Chr. 15:21....
  

• Meshelemiah

  [ebd] friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (1 Chr. 9:21; 26:1, 2, 9, 14). He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
  [isbe] MESHELEMIAH - me-shel-e-mi'-a (meshelemyah, "Yah repays"): Father of Zechariah, one of the porters of the tabernacle (1 Ch 9:21; 26:1,2,9). In the latter passage Meshelemiah, with a final "-u", is credited with "sons and bre...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah repays), a Korhite porter or gate-keeper of the house of Jehovah in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 9:21; 26:1,2,9)
  [nave] MESHELEMIAH, a gatekeeper of the temple, 1 Chr. 9:21; 26:1, 2, 9.
  

• Shemaiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Le...
  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• Storehouses

  [isbe] STOREHOUSES - stor'-houz-iz, -ez: The following chief changes in the use of this word (representing various Hebrew words) in the Revised Version (British and American) to be noted are: In Dt 28:8, the Revised Version (Britis...
  [nave] STOREHOUSES Of kings, 2 Kin. 20:13; 1 Chr. 27:25; 2 Chr. 32:27, 28; Ezra 1:7, 8; Esth. 3:9. Records preserved in, Ezra 5:17; 6:1. Treasurers in charge of, Ezra 7:20, 21. Heathen temples used for, Dan. 1:2. Tabernacle use...
  

• MERARI

  [isbe] MERARI - me-ra'-ri (merari, "bitter"; Mararei): (1) The 3rd son of Levi, his brothers, Gershon and Kohath, being always mentioned together with him (Gen 46:11; Ex 6:16 ff). He was among those 70 who went down to Egypt with J...
  

• Kore

  [ebd] partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the temple (2 Chr. 31:1...
  [isbe] KORE - ko-'re (qore, "one who proclaims"): (1) A Levite of David's time, descended from Kohath and Korah. See KORAH, 4. Shallum, Chief doorkeeper in the latest Bible times, is described as "the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasa...
  [smith] (partridge). A Korahite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 9:19; 26:1) (B.C. 1014.) Son of Imnah, a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. He had charge of the offerings. (2...
  [nave] KORE 1. A Korahite, 1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1. 2. A Levite, keeper of the east gate, 2 Chr. 31:14.
  

• Gatekeepers

  [nave] GATEKEEPERS Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king's palace, and doors of the temple, 1 Chr. 9:17-32; 2 Chr. 34:13; 35:15. Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors, 1 Chr. 9:27. O...
  

• Shelomith

  [smith] (peaceful). The daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. (Leviticus 24:11) The daughter of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19) (B.C. after 536.) Chief of the Izharites. (1 Chronicles 23:18) A descendant of Eliezer the son o...
  [nave] SHELOMITH 1. Mother of a blasphemer, Lev. 24:11. 2. Daughter of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:19. 3. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 23:9. 4. A son of Izhar, 1 Chr. 23:18. Called Shelomoth, 1 Chr. 24:22. 5. A descendant of Eliezer, 1 Chr....
  

• Jehozabad

  [ebd] Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4), one of the Levite porters. (2.) The son of Shomer, one of the two conspirators who put king Jehoash to death in Millo in Jerusalem (2 Kings 12:21). (3.) 2 Chr. 17:18.
  [isbe] JEHOZABAD - je-hoz'-a-bad (yehozabhadh, "Yahweh has bestowed"): (1) A servant of King Jehoash of Judah. According to 2 Ki 12:21 (22), he was a son of Shomer, but 2 Ch 24:26 makes him "son of Shimrith the Moabitess." (2) A Ko...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah gave). A Korhite Levite, second son of Obed-edom, and one of the porters of the south gate of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 26:4,15) compared with Nehe 12:25 (B.C...
  [nave] JEHOZABAD 1. Son of Shomer, and one of the assassins of King Jehoash, 2 Kin. 12:21; 2 Chr. 24:26. 2. Son of Obed-edom, 1 Chr. 26:4. 3. A Benjamite chief who commanded one hundred and eighty thousand men, 2 Chr. 17:18.
  

• Rephael

  [ebd] healed of God, one of Shemaiah's sons. He and his brethren, on account of their "strength for service," formed one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:7, 8).
  [isbe] REPHAEL - re'-fa-el, ref'-a-el (repha'el, "God has healed"; Rhaphael): The eponym of a family of gatekeepers (1 Ch 26:7). The name occurs in Tobit and Enoch ("Raphael"); it probably belongs to a group of late formations. See...
  [smith] (healed of God), son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. about 1015.)
  [nave] REPHAEL, a porter of the temple in the time of David, 1 Chr. 26:7.
  

• KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

  [isbe] KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH - ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Ex 6...
  

• Jediael

  [ebd] known by God. (1.) One of the sons of Benjamin, whose descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11). (2.) A Shimrite, one of David's bodyguard (1 Chr. 11:45). Probably same as in 12:20. (3.) A Korhite of the fami...
  [isbe] JEDIAEL - je-di'-a-el (yedhi`a'-el, "God makes known" (?)): (1) A "son" of Benjamin or probably of Zebulun (1 Ch 7:6,10,11). See Curtis, Chronicles, 145-49, who suggests emending the name to yachle'el, Jahleel, in agreement ...
  [smith] (known of God). A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:6,11) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, (Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1) but this is not certain. Seco...
  [nave] JEDIAEL 1. Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11. 2. Son of Shimri, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Manassite chief, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20. 4. Son of Meshelemiah, 1 Chr. 26:2.
  

• Ammiel

  [ebd] people of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num. 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num. 14:37). (2.) The father of Machir of L...
  [isbe] AMMIEL - am'-i-el (`ammi'el, "my kinsman is God"; Ameiel)): A name borne by four men in the Old Testament. (1) One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses; son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan (Nu 13:12). (2) A Benjamit...
  [smith] (people of God). The spy from the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 13:12) (B.C. 1490.) He perished by the plague for his evil report. Father of Machir of Lo-debar. (2 Samuel 9:4; 17:27) Father of Bath-sheba, (1 Chronicles 3:5) c...
  [nave] AMMIEL 1. One of the twelve spies, Num. 13:12. 2. Father of Machir, 2 Sam. 9:4, 5; 17:27. 3. Father of Bath-sheba, 1 Chr. 3:5. Called also Eliam, 2 Sam. 11:3. 4. Son of Obed-edom, 1 Chr. 26:5.
  

• Othni

  [ebd] a lion of Jehovah, a son of Shemaiah, and one of the temple porters in the time of David (1 Chr. 26:7). He was a "mighty man of valour."
  [isbe] OTHNI - oth'-ni (`othni, meaning unknown): A son of Shemaiah, a Korahite Levite (1 Ch 26:7).
  [smith] (lion of Jehovah), son of Shemaiah, the first-horn of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. 1013.)
  [nave] OTHNI, son of Shemaiah, 1 Chr. 26:7.
  

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• The Treasurers and Other Officials

  

• [1Ch 26:30] Service Of The King, The

  I pledge my spirit loyal To the service of the King; The privilege is royal, In the service of the King; I pledge to Him forever My loftiest endeavor, And naught my soul shall sever From the service of the King. Refrain In the service of the King My sweetest songs I’ll sing, While I with joy my pow’rs employ, In the service of the King. There is no joy so holy As the service of the King; There’s room for e’en the lowly In the service of the King; If all the world but knew Him, How all would hasten to Him, And highest honor do Him, In the service of the King. Refrain In yonder realms immortal There is service for the King; We pass the shining portal To the service of the King; Amid the glories o’er Him, Where angel hosts adore Him, I, too, shall stand before him, In the service of the King. Refrain

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