1 Chronicles 9:1-33

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Israel ............ Israel <03478> [A.M. 2804, etc. B.C. 1200, etc. all Israel.]

carried <01540> [carried.]

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first <07223> [A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. the first.]

temple servants <05411> [the Nethinims.]

9:3

Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]

tribes ...... Ephraim <01121 0669> [of the children of Ephraim.]

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Bani <01137> [Bani.]

Perez <06557> [Pharez.]

[Perez.]

9:5

Shilonites <07888> [Shilonites.]

[Shelanites.]

[Shiloni.]

9:6

Zerah <02226> [Zerah.]

[Zarah.]

9:7

Sallu <05543> [Sallu.]

9:10

Jehoiarib <03080> [Jehoiarib.]

[Joiarib.]

9:11

Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]

[Seraiah. the ruler.]

9:12

Meshillemith <04921> [Meshillemith.]

[Meshillemoth. Immer.]

9:13

were capable <02428 01368> [very able men. Heb. mighty men of valour.]

9:14

Shemaiah <08098> [Shemaiah.]

Hashabiah <02811> [Hashabiah.]

son .... son .... son ..... descendant <01121> [of the sons.]

9:15

Mattaniah <04983> [Mattaniah.]

[Micha.]

Zikri <02147> [Zichri.]

[Zaccur.]

[Zabdi.]

[Zaccur.]

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Obadiah <05662> [Obadiah.]

[Abda. Shammua.]

[the sons of Jeduthun.]

Netophathites <05200> [Netophathites.]

9:17

gatekeepers <07778> [the porters.]

Shallum ........ Shallum <07967> [Shallum.]

9:18

King's <04428> [Who hitherto waited.]

The original is {we„d hennah,} which Houbigant and Dr. Geddes consider as a proper name, and render, "And Adanah was over the eastern gate, called the king's;" i.e., the gate by which the kings of Judah went to the temple. The list is here nearly the same with those found in Ezra and Nehemiah, and contains those who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel: but the list in Nehemiah is more ample, probably because it contains those who came afterwards; the object of the sacred writer here being to give the names of those who came first, (ver. 2.) These consisted of men belonging not only to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, but to many of the other tribes of Israel, who took advantage of the proclamation of Cyrus to return to Jerusalem. Properly speaking, the divisions mentioned here constituted the whole of the Israelitish people, who were divided into priests, Levites, common Israelites, and Nethinims.

King's <04428> [the king's.]

gatekeepers <07778> [they.]

9:19

Ebiasaph <043> [Ebiasaph.]

Korah <07141> [Korah.]

entrance <05592> [gates. Heb. thresholds.]

dwelling place <04264> [over the host.]

guard .......... guarded ... entrance <08104 03996> [keepers of the entry.]

9:20

Phinehas <06372> [Phinehas.]

Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

9:21

Zechariah <02148> [Zechariah.]

9:22

settlements ............ positions <02691 0530> [in their.]

David <01732> [David.]

Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]

appointed <03245> [did ordain. Heb. founded. set office. or, trust.]

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gates <08179> [the oversight.]

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four <0702> [four.]

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seven-day <07651> [seven.]

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assigned to guard <0530> [set office. or, trust. chambers. or, storehouses. treasuries.]

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assigned to guard <04931> [the charge.]

<04668> [the opening.]

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charge <05921> [the charge.]

brought ......... out <03318 0935> [bring them in and out. Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out.]

9:29

equipment ... articles <03627> [instruments. or, vessels. the oil.]

incense <03828> [the frankincense.]

9:30

<01121> [of the sons.]

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Shallum <07967> [Shallum.]

in charge <0530> [set office. or, trust.]

bread <02281> [in the pans. or, on flat plates, or slices.]

9:32

Kohathites <01121> [the sons.]

bread <03899> [shewbread. Heb. bread of ordering. to.]

9:33

musicians <07891> [the singers.]

<06362> [were free.]

tasks <04399> [they, etc. Heb. upon them. employed.]

A number of Levites were employed by rotation in singing the praises of Jehovah; and they seem to have continued the service day and night: see the References.