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9:16 Obadiah <05662> son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>, son <01121> of Galal <01559>, son <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>; and Berechiah <01296> son <01121> of Asa <0609>, son <01121> of Elkanah <0511>, who lived <03427> among the settlements <02691> of the Netophathites <05200>. 9:17 The gatekeepers <07778> were: Shallum <07967>, Akkub <06126>, Talmon <02929>, Ahiman <0289>, and their brothers <0251>. Shallum <07967> was the leader <07218>; 9:18 he serves to <05704> this day <02008> at the King’s <04428> Gate <08179> on the east <04217>. These <01992> were the gatekeepers <07778> from the camp <04264> of the descendants <01121> of Levi <03878>. 9:19 Shallum <07967> son <01121> of Kore <06981>, son <01121> of Ebiasaph <043>, son <01121> of <05921> Korah <07141>, and his relatives <0251> from his family <01> <01004> (the Korahites <07145>) were assigned <04399> to guard <08104> the entrance <05592> to the sanctuary <0168>. Their ancestors <01> had guarded <08104> the entrance <03996> to the Lord’s <03068> dwelling place <04264>. 9:20 Phinehas <06372> son <01121> of Eleazar <0499> had been <01961> their leader <05057> in <05921> earlier times <06440>, and the Lord <03068> was with <05973> him. 9:21 Zechariah <02148> son <01121> of Meshelemiah <04920> was the guard <07778> at the entrance <06607> to the meeting <04150> tent <0168>. 9:22 All <03605> those selected <01305> to be gatekeepers <07778> at the entrances <05592> numbered <03967> 212 <06240> <08147>. Their <01992> names were recorded in the genealogical records <03187> of their settlements <02691>. David <01732> and Samuel <08050> the prophet <07200> had appointed <03245> them <01992> to their positions <0530>. 9:23 They <01992> and their descendants <01121> were assigned <05921> to guard <04931> the gates <08179> of the Lord’s <03068> sanctuary <01004> (that is, the tabernacle <0168>). 9:24 The gatekeepers <07778> were posted on all four <0702> sides <07307>– east <04217>, west <03220>, north <06828>, and south <05045>. 9:25 Their relatives <0251>, who lived in their settlements <02691>, came <0935> from time <06256> to <0413> time <06256> and served with <05973> them <0428> for seven-day <03117> <07651> periods. 9:26 The four <0702> head <01368> gatekeepers <07778>, who were Levites <03881>, were assigned to guard <0530> the storerooms <03957> and treasuries <0214> in God’s <0430> sanctuary <01004>. 9:27 They would spend the night in their posts <03885> all around <05439> God’s <0430> sanctuary <01004>, for <03588> they <01992> were assigned to guard <04931> it and would open <04669> it with the key every morning <01242> <01242>. 9:28 Some of them <01992> were in charge <05921> of the articles <03627> used by those who served <05656>; they counted <04557> <04557> them when they brought <0935> them in and when they brought <03318> them out <03318>. 9:29 Some of them <01992> were in charge <04487> of the equipment <03627> and articles <03627> of the sanctuary <06944>, as well as the flour <05560>, wine <03196>, olive oil <08081>, incense <03828>, and spices <01314>. 9:30 (But some <04480> of the priests <03548> mixed <04842> <07543> the spices <01314>.) 9:31 Mattithiah <04993>, a Levite <03881>, the firstborn son <01060> of Shallum <07967> the Korahite <07145>, was in charge <0530> of baking <04639> the bread <02281> for offerings. 9:32 Some <04480> of the Kohathites <06956> <01121>, their relatives <0251>, were in charge of preparing <03559> the bread <03899> that is displayed <04635> each Sabbath <07676> <07676>. 9:33 The <0428> musicians <07891> and Levite <03881> family <01> leaders <07218> stayed in rooms <03957> at the sanctuary and were exempt <06358> from other duties, for <03588> day <03119> and night <03915> they had to carry out their assigned tasks <04399>. 9:34 These <0428> were the family <01> leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881>, as listed in their genealogical records <08435>. They <0428> lived <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>. 9:35 Jeiel <03273> (the father <01> of Gibeon <01391>) lived <03427> in Gibeon <01391>. His wife <0802> was Maacah <04601>. 9:36 His firstborn <01060> son <01121> was Abdon <05658>, followed by Zur <06698>, Kish <07027>, Baal <01168>, Ner <05369>, Nadab <05070>, 9:37 Gedor <01446>, Ahio <0283>, Zechariah <02148>, and Mikloth <04732>. 9:38 Mikloth <04732> was the father <03205> of Shimeam <08043>. They <01992> also <0637> lived <03427> near <05048> their relatives <0251> in Jerusalem <03389>. 9:39 Ner <05369> was the father <03205> of Kish <07027>, and Kish <07027> was the father <03205> of Saul <07586>. Saul <07586> was the father <03205> of Jonathan <03083>, Malki-Shua <04444>, Abinadab <041>, and Eshbaal <0792>. 9:40 The son <01121> of Jonathan <03083>: Meribbaal <04807>, who was the father <03205> of Micah <04318>. 9:41 The sons <01121> of Micah <04318>: Pithon <06377>, Melech <04429>, Tahrea <08475>, and Ahaz. 9:42 Ahaz <0271> was the father <03205> of Jarah <03294>, and Jarah <03294> was the father <03205> of Alemeth <05964>, Azmaveth <05820>, and Zimri <02174>. Zimri <02174> was the father <03205> of Moza <04162>, 9:43 and Moza <04162> was the father <03205> of Binea <01150>. His son was Rephaiah <07509>, whose son <01121> was Eleasah <0501>, whose son <01121> <01121> was Azel <0682>. 9:44 Azel <0682> had six <08337> sons <01121>: Azrikam <05840> his firstborn <01074>, followed by Ishmael <03458>, Sheariah <08187>, Obadiah <05662>, and Hanan <02605>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Azel <0682>.

• 1Ch 9:35-44 -- Jeiel's Descendants

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• Shallum

  [ebd] retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He "conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead" (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria" ...
  [smith] (retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was in his turn ...
  [nave] SHALLUM 1. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:10, 13-15. 2. Husband of Huldah, the prophetess, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22. 3. Son of Sisamai, 1 Chr. 2:40, 41. 4. See: Jehoahaz, 3. 5. Grandson of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:25. 6. Son of Za...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Moza

  [ebd] a going forth. (1.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:46). (2.) The son of Zimri, of the posterity of Saul (1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43).
  [isbe] MOZA - mo'-za (motsah): (1) Son of Caleb and Ephah (1 Ch 2:46). (2) A descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:36,37; 9:42,43).
  [smith] (fountain). Son of Caleb the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:46) Son of Zimri and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36,37; 9:42,43)
  [nave] MOZA 1. A son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:46. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43.
  

• Mikloth

  [ebd] staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).
  [isbe] MIKLOTH - mik'-loth, mik'-loth (miqloth): (1) A Benjamite, son of Jeiel (1 Ch 8:32; 9:37,38). A comparison of the two passages shows that the name Mikloth has been dropped at the end of 1 Ch 8:31. (2) An officer designated "...
  [smith] (staves). One of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon, by his wife Maachah. (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37,38) The leader of the second division of David?s army. (1 Chronicles 27:4)
  [nave] MIKLOTH 1. A Benjamite of Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38. 2. A ruler in the reign of David, 1 Chr. 27:4.
  

• Micah

  [smith] (who is like God?), the same name as Micaiah. [MICAIAH] An Israelite whose familiar story is preserved in the 17th and 18th chapters of Judges. Micah is evidently a devout believers in Jehovah, and yet so completely ignorant...
  [nave] MICAH 1. An Ephraimite. His robbery and idolatry, Judg. 17:18. 2. Head of a family of Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:5. 3. Called also Micha. Son of Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9:12; 1 Chr. 8:34, 35; 9:40, 41. 4. Called also Michah. A Kohathi...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• Korahites

  [ebd] that portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah. (1.) They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chr. 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88) dedicated to the sons of K...
  

• 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...
  

• KORAHITE

  [smith] (1 Chronicles 9:19,31) Kor?-hite, or Kor?athite, that portion of the Kohathites who were descended from Korah. They were an important branch of the singers, (2 Chronicles 20:19) hence we find eleven psalms (or twelve, i...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• JEHIEL

  [ebd] God's living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35). (2.) One of David's guard (1 Chr. 11:44). (3.) One of the Levites "of the second degree," appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark's being removed t...
  [smith] (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:35) One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David?s guard. (1 Ch...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 1-7

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 1-7 - je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Principles of Interpretation 6. Principles of Compilation 7. Sources 8. Principa...
  

• Elasah

  [ebd] God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, "Eleasah"). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were sent by Zedekiah to Nebuc...
  

• Azel

  [ebd] noble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43, 44).
  [smith] (noble), a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37,38; 9:43,44)
  [nave] AZEL, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:37, 38; 9:43, 44.
  

• Abiel

  [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious." (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam. 14:51; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). In 1 Sam. 9:1, he is called the "father," probably meaning the grandfat...
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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