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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

• 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...
  

• 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

  [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; ...
  

• 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...
  

• ABIASAPH

  [isbe] ABIASAPH - a-bi'-a-saf, ab-i-a'-saf ('abhi-'acaph, "my father has gathered"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi (Ex 6:24; 1 Ch 6:23,37 (8,22); 9:19). In Chronicles the name is 'ebh-yacaph, which seems to be a mere varia...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• Ahio

  [ebd] brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). (2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37). (3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked befor...
  [isbe] AHIO - a-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yah"): Proper names containing a similar form of the name of Yahweh are found on the ostraca recently exhumed at ...
  [smith] (brotherly). Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his father?s house. (2 Samuel 6:3,4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C.1043.) A Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14) A Benj...
  [nave] AHIO 1. A Levite, who drove the cart bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37.
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Ahaz

  [ebd] possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the ...
  [smith] (possessor), eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham, reigned 741-726, about sixteen years. At the time of his accession, Rezin king of Damascus and Pekah king of Israel had recently formed a league against Judah, and they proc...
  [nave] AHAZ 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16:3, 4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4, 22-25. Kingdom of, invaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:...
  

• Abdon

  [ebd] servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The son o...
  [smith] (servile). A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel 12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225). Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30...
  [nave] ABDON 1. A judge of Israel, in the time of the judges, Judg. 12:13-15. 2. A Levitical city, Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74. 3. A Benjamite chief, 1 Chr. 8:23. 4. Son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 5. Son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34:20....
  

• Jarah

  [isbe] JARAH - ja'-ra (ya`rah, "honey-comb" (?)): A descendant of King Saul (1 Ch 9:42); but the Septuagint's Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus, have Iada = ya`dah, a name found in Septuagint of 1 Ch 8:36, where Massoretic Text ha...
  [smith] (honey), a descendant of Saul; son of Micah and great-grandson of Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 9:42) comp. 1Chr 9:40
  [nave] JARAH, son of Ahaz, 1 Chr. 9:42.
  

• Hanan

  [isbe] HANAN - ha'-nan (chanan, "gracious"): (1) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:23). (2) The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:38; 9:44). (3) One of David's mighty men of valor (1 Ch 11:43). (4) The head ...
  [smith] (merciful). One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23) The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.) "Son of Maachah," i.e. possibly a Syrian o...
  [nave] HANAN 1. Son of Shashak, 1 Chr. 8:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. One of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:43. 4. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:46; Neh. 7:49. 5. A Levite, Neh. 8:7; 10:10. Probably identical with th...
  

• Azrikam

  [isbe] AZRIKAM - az-ri'-kam `azriqam, "my help has arisen": (1) A descendant of King David through Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:23). (2) A prince of Judah in the time of Ahaz. He was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite soldier (2 Ch 28:7). (3) On...
  [smith] (help against the enemy). A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:23) Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C after 1037.) A Levite,...
  [nave] AZRIKAM 1. Son of Neariah, 1 Chr. 3:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 4. Governor of the house of Ahaz, 2 Chr. 28:7.
  

• Eleasah

  [isbe] ELEASAH - el-e-a'-sa (in Hebrew identical with ELASAH, which see): (1) A descendant of Judah (1 Ch 2:39,40). (2) A Benjamite, a descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:37; 9:43).
  [smith] (whom God made). Son of Helez, one of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:39) (B.C. after 1046.) Son of Rapha or Rephaiah; a descendant of Saul through Jonathan and Merib-baal or Mephiboshet...
  [nave] ELEASAH Name of two men, or of one man, uncertain which, called also Elasah. Compare 1 Chr. 2:39; 8:37; 9:43, with Jer. 29:3, and Ezra 10:22.
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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