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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 26:20-32 -- 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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. ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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....
  

• 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.
  

• Hilkiah

  [ebd] portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1). (6.) The high priest in the...
  [isbe] HILKIAH - hil-ki'-a (chilqiyah, "Yah is my portion" or "Yah's portion"): The name of 8 individuals in the Old Testament or 7, if the person mentioned in Neh 12:7,21 was the same who stood with Ezra at the reading of the Law ...
  [smith] (God is my portion) Father of Eliakim. (2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 22:20; 36:22) [ELIAKIM] High priest in the reign of Josiah. (2 Kings 22:4) seq. 2Chr 34:9 Seq.; 1 Esd. 1:8. (B.C. 623.) His high priesthood was rendered par...
  [nave] HILKIAH 1. Officer of Hezekiah, 2 Kin. 18:18, 26, 37; Isa. 22:20; 36:3, 22. 2. High priest, 2 Kin. 22:4, 8, 10, 12, 14; 23:4, 24; 1 Chr. 6:13; 9:11; 2 Chr. 34:9, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22; Ezra 7:1; Jer. 29:3. 3. Name of two Levi...
  

• Hashabiah

  [ebd] regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 6:45; 9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2 Chr. 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief pri...
  [isbe] HASHABIAH - hash-a-bi'-a (chashabhyah): (1) Two Levites of the family of Merari (1 Ch 6:45; 9:14). (2) A Levite who dwelt in Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah (Neh 11:15). (3) A son of Jeduthun (1 Ch 25:3). (4) A Hebronite, ...
  [smith] (whom God regards). A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) Another Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14) The fourth of the six sons of Jeduthun, (1 Chronicles 25:3) who had charge of the twelfth course. ver. 19. (B.C...
  [nave] HASHABIAH 1. Son of Amaziah, a Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. Son of Jeduthun, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:3, 19. 3. Son of Kemuel, 1 Chr. 26:30; 27:17. 4. A chief Levite, 2 Chr. 35:9. 5. Son of Bui, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 6. Son of...
  

• Asuppim

  [ebd] (1 Chr. 26:15, 17, Authorized Version; but in Revised Version, "storehouse"), properly the house of stores for the priests. In Neh. 12:25 the Authorized Version has "thresholds," marg. "treasuries" or "assemblies;" Revised V...
  [nave] ASUPPIM, a temple gate, 1 Chr. 26:15, 17.
  

• 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...
  

• Parbar

  [ebd] (1 Chr. 26:18), a place apparently connected with the temple, probably a "suburb" (q.v.), as the word is rendered in 2 Kings 23:11; a space between the temple wall and the wall of the court; an open portico into which the ch...
  [isbe] PARBAR - par'-bar (parbar (1 Ch 26:18), and parwarim, translated "precincts" (the King James Version "suburbs" in 2 Ki 23:11); Septuagint pharoureim): In 1 Ch 26:18 reference is made to the position of the gatekeepers, "for ...
  [smith] (open apartment), a word occurring in Hebrew and Authorized Version only in (1 Chronicles 26:18) It would seem that Parbar was some place on the west side of the temple enclosure, probably the suburb mentioned by Josephus ...
  [nave] PARBAR 1 Chr. 26:18
  

• Court

  [nave] COURT. Ecclesiastical 1 Chr. 26:29-32; 2 Chr. 19:8-11; Matt. 18:15-18; John 20:23 See: Church, Rules of Discipline in, Mosaic and Christian. Civil Held at the tabernacle, Num. 27:2; the gates of cities, Deut. 21:19; 22:1...
  

• Jeshaiah

  [ebd] deliverance of Jehovah. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, the father of Joram, of the family of Eliezer (1 Chr. 26:25); called also Isshiah (24:21). (2.) One of the sons of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 15). (3.) One of the three sons of Ha...
  [isbe] JESHAIAH - je-sha'-ya, je-shi'-a ((a) yesha`yahu; (b) yesha`yah, "deliverance of Yah"; (2) (3) below have form (a), the others form (b)): (1) Son of Hananiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel, according to 1 Ch 3:21, the King Jame...
  [smith] (salvation of Jehovah). One of the six sons of Jeduthun. (1 Chronicles 25:3,15) (B.C. 1014.) A Levite in the reign of David, eldest son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Amram through Moses. (1 Chronicles 26:25) [ISSHIAH] (...
  [nave] JESHAIAH 1 Chr. 25:3, 15; 26:25; Ezra 8:7, 19
  

• Jehieli

  [smith] (a Jehielite), according to the Authorized Version a Gershonite Levite of the family of Laadan. (1 Chronicles 26:21,22)
  [nave] JEHIELI, son of Laadan, 1 Chr. 26:21, 22.
  

• Ahijah

  [ebd] brother (i.e., "friend") of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called "Ahiah." (2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). (3.) Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. ...
  [isbe] AHIJAH - a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah): (1) One of the sons of Jerahmeel the great-grandson of ...
  [nave] AHIJAH, called also Ahiah. 1. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. 3. A priest in Shiloh, probably identical with Ahimelech, mentioned in 1 Sam. 22:11. Was priest in Saul's reign, 1 Sam. 14:3, 18. S...
  

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• [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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  I'm going to copy some articles on this subject, but let me give you my summation of all of them. In the Old Testament, the firstborn son was the one who normally received a double inheritance, and was the one who would inher...

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