Numbers 26:9-11
earth opened <06605 0776> [earth opened.]
Korah <07141> [together.]
The Samaritan text does not intimate that Korah was swallowed up, but that he was burnt, as appears to have been the fact; and the Psalmist also, (Ps 106:17,) only mentions Dathan and Abiram as having been swallowed up. "And the earth swallowed them up, what time that company died; and the fire devoured Korah with the 250 men, who became a sign."
warning <05251> [they became a sign.]
It seems to be intimated in ch. 16:27, 31-33, that the sons and the little ones of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, were swallowed up; but the text here expressly affirms, that the children of Korah "died not;" and their descendants were famous even in David's time. On a close inspection, however, of ver. 27, we shall find, that the sons and the little ones of Dathan and Abiram alone are mentioned.
Psalms 42:1
[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]
{Maschil,} or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah." It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion.
Korahites <01121> [the sons.]
longs ........ long <06165> [panteth. Heb. brayeth. so panteth.]
Psalms 44:1
Korahites <01121> [A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. (Title.) for the sons.]
clearly heard <08085> [have heard.]
days .... times <03117> [in the times.]
Psalms 49:1
psalm <04210> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm was probably written by one of the descendants of the sons of Korah, during the Babylonian captivity.
Korahites <01121> [for. or, of.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
inhabitants <03427> [inhabitants.]
