1Ch 26:1-19, Neh 7:45 | TSK | STEP | The divisions of the porters. The gates assigned by lot. The Levites that had charge of the treasures. Officers and judges. the divisions.There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to Zechariah, (ver. 14;) the southern to Obed-edom, (ver. 15;) and the western to Shuppim and Hosah, (ver. 16.) These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from ch. 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand. the porters. Korhites. Meshelemiah.[Shelemyâhuw ,] Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of [Meshelemyâh ,] Meshelemiah, by the aphæresis of [Mêm,] {mem.} Shelemiah. Asaph.This variation arises from the rejection of the word [Ab ,] {av,} "father," and the mutation of [Yôwd,] {yood,} into ['Aleph,] {aleph;} being written in the parallel passages [Ebyâcâph ,] Ebiasaph, and here [Acâph ,] Asaph. Ebiasaph.

1 Chronicles 26:1-19

1 The divisions of the porters.

13 The gates assigned by lot.

20 The Levites that had charge of the treasures.

29 Officers and judges.

the divisions.There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to Zechariah, (ver. 14;) the southern to Obed-edom, (ver. 15;) and the western to Shuppim and Hosah, (ver. 16.) These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from ch. 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.

the porters.

9:17-27; 15:18,23,24; 2Ch 23:19

Korhites.

Nu 26:9-11; Ps 44:1; 49:1; *titles

Meshelemiah.[Shelemyâhuw ,] Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of [Meshelemyâh ,] Meshelemiah, by the aphæresis of [Mêm,] {mem.}

Shelemiah. Asaph.This variation arises from the rejection of the word [Ab ,] {av,} "father," and the mutation of [Yôwd,] {yood,} into ['Aleph,] {aleph;} being written in the parallel passages [Ebyâcâph ,] Ebiasaph, and here [Acâph ,] Asaph.

6:37; 9:19

Ebiasaph.

Obed-edom.

15:18,21,24; 16:5,38

him."That is, Obed-edom, as ch. 13:14."

Ps 128:1

mighty men of valour.They were not only porters, or door keepers, in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard to the gate, as Dr. Delaney suggests that the word {shöârim} should be rendered here: and perhaps in this sense alone are we to understand their office, which appears to have been of considerable dignity, and conferred only on men of the first rank. They were appointed to attend the temple, to guard all the avenues to it, to open and shut all the outer gates, and attend at them, not only for state but for service. They were also required to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the conduct they were to observe, to encourage those who were timid, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others who were enemies to the house of God.

8; 12:28; Jud 6:12; 2Sa 2:7; *marg:

2Ch 26:17; Ne 11:14; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 2:3

able men.

Mt 25:15; 1Co 12:4-11; 2Co 3:6; 1Pe 4:11

Meshelemiah.

1,14

Hosah.

16:38

his father.

5:1,2

wards.That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.

25:8

as well the small as the great. Heb. or, as well for thesmall as for the great.

24:31; 25:8

Shelemiah.

Meshelemiah. Zechariah.

Asuppim. Heb. gatherings. .

17Or collections; probably the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the priests and Levites, were laid up. Obed-edom is said to have had the charge of the treasures, etc., in 2 Ch 25:24.

Hosah.

10,11

Shallecheth.That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its courts, was cast out.

causeway.

1Ki 10:5; 2Ch 9:4

ward against ward.That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.

12; 25:8; Ne 12:24

Eastward.

9:24; 2Ch 8:14

Asuppim.

Parbar.

2Ki 23:11{Parbar} is most probably the same as {parwar,} which denotes suburbs, (2 Ki 23:11,) in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.

Kore.Kore, or rather, Kohri, [Qorchîy ,] is essentially the same with [Qôrach ,] Korah, merely having a paragogic [Yôwd,] {yood.}

Nu 16:11

Korah.

Nehemiah 7:45

The porters.

1Ch 26:1-32; Ezr 2:42

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