The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1 Chron. 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1 Chron.

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies Not now by the writer of this book in the preceding chapters; for two of the tribes are not reckoned at all, and the rest but in part; but there had been kept an exact account of them: and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel; not…

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities Who first returned from Babylon upon the proclamation of Cyrus, and enjoyed their former possessions, and dwelt in the cities they had before, or in such as were allotted them, or they chose: were, the Israelites, the…

And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin Of which tribes were the largest number that went into, and returned out of, captivity: and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh; such of those tribes who had joined the others when Jeroboam introduced his idolatry,…

Uthai, the son of Ammihud Called Athaiah, though his ancestors there are differently reckoned here; his genealogy here is traced from his father Ammihud, through Omri, Imri, Bani, Pharez, to Judah.

And of the Shilonites Not called so from the city of Shiloh, which was in Ephraim; whereas these here intended were of the tribe of Judah, and were either the descendants of a man whose name was Shiloni, or rather these are the same with the Shelanites, so called from Shelah the son of Judah; and…

And of the sons of Zerah Another son of Judah: Jeuel, and their brethren; six hundred and ninety; or their kinsmen; for this number includes all of the posterity of Pharez, Shelah and Zerah mentioned.

And of the sons of Benjamin Who were of the tribe of Benjamin, and went with Judah into captivity, and returned with them, and such of them as dwelt in Jerusalem before that: Sallu the son of Meshullam; whose pedigree is differently given, , the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenaah; perhaps these…

And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham Who with two more, Elah and Meshullam, whose ancestors are given, of whom we have no mention elsewhere, were all of the tribe of Benjamin, said to settle at Jerusalem.

And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred amd fifty and six Which was the number of the Benjaminites there resident put together, and which greatly exceeded that of Judah, all these men were chief of the fathers, in the house of their fathers; principal men in the families of…

And of the priests Who returned and dwelt at Jerusalem: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; Jedaiah was the son of Jehoiarib, and Jachin is called Jachin, .

And Azariah the son of Hilkiah That is, the son of Azariah, whose name was Seraiah, see (1 Chron. 6:13, 1 Chron. 6:14) , whose pedigree is traced up from Hilkiah through Meshullam, called Shallum, (1 Chron. 6:12, 1 Chron. 6:13) .

And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur In this genealogy, between Jeroham and Pashur, were three more here omitted, Pelaliah, Amzi, Zechariah, , and then Pashur the son of Malchijah, as here: and Maasiai the son of Adiel; whose pedigree is traced up from hence, through Jahzerah,…

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand and seven hundred and threescore. ] These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem, put together: very able men for the work of the service of the house…

And of the Levites Having given an account of the two first classes of the people, the Israelites and priests, the author of the book now proceeds to the Levites, the third class; and the first mentioned is Shemaiah, whose ancestors, Hashub, Azrikam, and Hashabiah, were of the sons of Merari; the…

And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah Four more of the chief of the Levites, the pedigree of the last of which is traced up by Micah and Zichri to Asaph, the singer in the times of David, a descendant of Gershon, the first son of Levi; the first of these is thought by Hillerus [[18]] to…

And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah Called Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; who was Ethan, another of the singers in the time of David: and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites; the villages about Netophah, which…

And the porters Or keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief; of these four porters, and their brethren.

Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at the east of it; and here these porters were placed in the same order after the captivity, and their return from it, as before: they were porters in the companies of the children of…

And Shallum the son of Kore The same as in whose pedigree is traced up to Ebiasaph the son of Korah, see and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites; so called, because they descended from Korah: were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; until the…

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past Over the host, over the Levites, and the chief of them; which is to be understood of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, in the time of Moses, who succeeded his father in that post, see though some think, as Kimchi observes, that this…

And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah Some think this refers to one that was in the times of David; but it seems rather to respect one that was after the Babylonish captivity, see (1 Chron. 26:1, 1 Chron.

All those that were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve As fixed in the days of David, and might not be fewer: these were reckoned by their genealogies in their villages; where they dwelt: whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office; the scheme was first…

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord They that were appointed in David’s time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary: namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards; that which was at Gibeon…

In four quarters were the porters For, according to the Targum on there were twenty four wards: towards the east, west, north, and south; and, as the same paraphrase has it, six wards to the east, six to the west, six to the north, and six to the south.

And their brethren, which were in their villages Assigned them to dwell in: were to come after seven days from time to time with them; there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old…

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office The four chief porters who were over all the two hundred and twelve, and had one over them, , these were never changed, nor went into the country villages; but were always upon the spot, and in their office, superintending the…

And they lodged round about the house of God In chambers on the outward wall about it, that they might be near to do their office: because the charge was upon them; to guard the house: and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them; that is, the opening of the doors of the mountain of the…

And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. ] Which the priests used in sacrificing, and which the Levites brought to them, and returned again to their proper places.

Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary They were committed to their care; they delivered them out on occasion, and their business was to see that they were returned when they had done their use and service: and the fine flour, and the wine,…

And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. ] For though the Levites had the care of the spices, they might not make the ointment with them, only the priests, see .

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite Of whom see , had the set office over the things that were made in the pans; the meat offerings that were made in pans; and so had the care of the fine flour, oil, and frankincense used in them, which he delivered to…

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath Twelve loaves of which were set every week before the ark upon the shewbread table, and the old ones taken away: now the work of these Levites was to make this shewbread, and get it…

And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites Others of them were employed in singing, and were masters of the song, and presided in that service, see who remaining in the chambers were free; from all other work and service; and there they abode, even in the chambers of the temple,…

These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations Even all before made mention of in this chapter: these dwelt at Jerusalem; always resided there, and did not in turns go into the country villages, as the inferior Levites did; their office requiring them to be constantly…

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in . Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, (Gen. 20:2, Gen. 20:5) .