1 Chronicles 23:1--24:31
old <02204> [A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. An. Ex. Is. 476. old.]
Solomon <08010> [he made.]
assembled <0622> [he gathered.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
thirty .......... 38,000 <08083 07970> [thirty and eight.]
24,000 <06242> [twenty.]
direct <05329> [set forward. or, oversee.]
officials ... judges <08199 07860> [officers and judges.]
gatekeepers <07778> [porters.]
praise ....... I supplied <01984> [praised.]
instruments <03627> [the instruments.]
[See on]
divided <02505> [divided.]
groups <04256> [courses. Heb. divisions.]
<01648> [Gershon.]
Gershon, [Gˆrsh“m <\\See definition 01648\\>,] is called [Gˆreshown <\\See definition 01647\\>,] Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply by the mutation of [N–wn,] {noon,} into [Mˆm,] {mem.}
[Gershom.]
Gershonites <01649> [Gershonites.]
Ladan <03936> [Laadan.]
Laadan and Libni, seem to have been two distinct names of this person; but the variation of Shimi and Shimei exists only in the translation, the original being uniformly [Shim'iy <\\See definition 08096\\>.]
[Libni, Shimi.]
Jehiel <03171> [Jehiel.]
Joel <03100> [Joel.]
Zina <02126> [Zina.]
Zina seems to be a mistake for Zizah; for both the LXX. and Vulgate read uniformly [Ziza,] Ziza.
[Zizah.]
Zizah <02125> [Zizah.]
many sons <07235 01121> [had not many sons. Heb. did not multiply sons.]
sons ... Kohath <06955 01121> [sons of Kohath.]
sons .......... descendants <01121> [The sons.]
chosen <0914> [separated.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
offer sacrifices <06999> [to burn incense.]
praise <01288> [to bless.]
man <0376> [the man.]
descendants <01121> [his sons.]
Gershom <01647> [Gershom.]
Shebuel <07619> [Shebuel.]
[Shubael.]
oldest <07218> [the chief. or, the first.]
many <04605 07235> [were very many. Heb. were highly multiplied.]
Shelomith <08019> [Shelomith.]
[Shelomoth.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
Merari <04847> [Merari.]
Mahli ....... Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
[Mahali.]
sons ....... sons <01121> [had no sons.]
cousins <0251> [brethren. or, kinsmen. took them.]
Jeremoth <03406> [Jeremoth.]
[Jerimoth.]
descendants ... Levi .............................. old <03878 01121> [the sons of Levi.]
families ..................... temple <01004> [after the house.]
individually <01538> [by their polls.]
descendants ................................ old <01121> [from the age.]
At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on Nu 8:24.
twenty <06242> [twenty.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
settled ... Jerusalem <07931 03389> [that they may dwell in Jerusalem. or, and he dwelleth in]
Jerusalem.
carry <05375> [carry.]
final <0314> [by the last.]
counted <04557> [numbered. Heb. numbers.]
ceremonial <03027 04612> [office was to wait, etc. Heb. station was at the hand of]
Aaron.
service ............................ service <05656> [for the service.]
purification <02893> [purifying.]
bread <03899> [for the shewbread.]
It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new.
flour <05560> [the fine flour.]
unleavened <04682> [unleavened.]
round cakes <04227> [pan. or, flat plate. for all manner of measure.]
The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter.
stood <05975> [stand.]
morning <01242> [every morning.]
Sabbath <07676> [in the sabbaths.]
festivals ... assemblies <04150> [set feasts.]
in charge <08104> [keep.]
in charge ........... helped ..... descendants <04931 01121> [the charge of the sons.]
divisions <04256> [the divisions.]
descendants ...... sons <01121> [The sons.]
Nadab <05070> [Nadab.]
died <04191> [died.]
Eleazar <0499> [Eleazar.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
Ahimelech <0288> [Ahimelech.]
This was Abiathar, who appears to have had the name of Ahimelech, as well as his father.
more <07227> [more.]
descendants ... Eleazar ....... descendants ........... descendants ... Eleazar <0499 01121> [sons of Eleazar.]
descendants <01004> [according.]
divided .... lots <01486 02505> [they divided by lot.]
officials ....... officials <08269> [the governors.]
scribe <05608> [the scribe.]
leaders ......... family <01 01004> [principal household. Heb. house of the father.]
Jehoiarib <03080> [Jehoiarib.]
[Joiarib. to Jedaiah.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Mijamin <04326> [Mijamin.]
[Miniamin.]
Abijah <029> [Abijah.]
As the Evangelist Luke mentions the course of Abia, it is evident that these courses of the priests, established by David, no doubt under Divine direction, were continued, with some alterations, till the days of Christ: these records must therefore have been very useful after the Babylonian captivity.
[Abia.]
[Jeshuah.]
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
Immer <0564> [Immer.]
assigned <06486> [the orderings.]
given ...... Aaron <03027 0175> [under Aaron.]
Amram <06019> [Amram.]
Shubael ............ Shubael <07619> [Shubael.]
[Shebuel.]
Rehabiah ...... Rehabiah <07345> [Rehabiah.]
Isshiah <03449> [Isshiah.]
Probably Isshiah is a contracted form, or a corruption, of Jeshaiah.
[Jeshaiah.]
Izharites <03325> [Izharites.]
The original is uniformly Izharites.
[Izeharites. Shelomoth.]
The variation of [Shel“mŒyth ] Shelomith, and Shelomoth, arises from the mutation of [Vƒv,] {wav} and [Y“wd,] {yood}.
[Shelomith.]
Jeriah <03404> [Jeriah.]
The following variations exist only in the translation, the original being uniformly [YerŒyƒh ] or [YerŒyƒh–w ] Jerijah, [MŒykƒh] Michah, and [YishshŒyƒh ] Isshiah.
[Jerijah.]
Micah ....... Micah <04318> [Michah.]
[Micah.]
Isshiah ....... Isshiah <03449> [Isshiah.]
[Jesiah. Zechariah.]
sons ...... Beno <01121> [sons.]
sons <01121> [who had no sons.]
Mushi <04187> [Mushi.]
lots <01486> [lots.]
leaders ............. oldest <07218> [even the principal.]
The whole company being ranged according to their families, with the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority.
