1Ch 9:33-34, 15:12, 24:6-31, Neh 12:22 | TSK | STEP | the singers. were free. 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.

1 Chronicles 9:33-34

the singers.

6:31-33; 15:16-22; 16:4-6; 25:1-31; Ezr 7:24

were free.

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.

Ps 134:1,2; 135:1-3

chief fathers.

13; Ne 11:1-15

Jerusalem.We have already seen the situation and extent of this ancient city, (Note on 8:28;) but the Jerusalem of sacred history is no more. After having been successively destroyed by the Babylonians and Romans, and taken by the Saracens, Crusaders, and Turks, in the possession of the latter of whom it still continues, not a vestige remains of the capital of David and Solomon, not a monument of Jewish times is standing. The very course of the walls is changed, and the boundaries of the ancient city are become doubtful. The monks pretend to shew the sites of the sacred places; but they have not the slightest pretensions to even a probable identity with the real places. The Jerusalem that now is, however, called by the Arabs {El Kouds,} or "the holy city," is still a respectable, good-looking town, of an irregular shape: it is surrounded by high embattled walls, enclosing an area not exceeding two miles and a half, and occupying two small hills, having the valley of Jehoshaphat on the east, the valley of Siloam and Gehinnom on the south, and the valley of Rephaim on the west; and containing a population variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 souls.

1 Chronicles 15:12

Ye are the chief.

9:34; 24:31

sanctify.

14; Ex 19:14,15; 2Ch 5:11; 29:4,5; 30:15; 35:6; Eze 48:11

Joh 17:17; Ro 12:1,2; Re 5:9,10

1 Chronicles 24:6-31

the scribe.

1Ki 4:3; 2Ch 34:13; Ezr 7:6; Ne 8:1; Mt 8:19; 13:52; 23:1,2

principal household. Heb. house of the father.

23:24

Jehoiarib.

9:10; Ne 12:19

Joiarib. to Jedaiah.

Ezr 2:36; Ne 7:39; 11:10

Harim.

Ezr 2:39; 10:21; Ne 7:35; 12:15

Mijamin.

Ne 12:17

Miniamin.

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.

Ne 12:4,17; Lu 1:5

Abia.

Jeshuah.

Ezr 2:36; Ne 7:39; 12:10

Eliashib.

Ne 12:10

Immer.

Ezr 2:37; 10:20; Ne 7:40

the orderings.

9:25; 2Ch 23:4,8; 1Co 14:40

under Aaron.

1; Heb 7:11

Amram.

6:18; 23:12-14

Shubael.

23:16; 26:24

Shebuel.

Rehabiah.

23:17

Isshiah.Probably Isshiah is a contracted form, or a corruption, of Jeshaiah.

26:25

Jeshaiah.

Izharites.The original is uniformly Izharites.

23:18; Ex 6:21; Nu 3:19,27

Izeharites. Shelomoth.The variation of [Shelômîyth ] Shelomith, and Shelomoth, arises from the mutation of [Vâv,] {wav} and [Yôwd,] {yood}.

23:18; 26:26

Shelomith.

Jeriah.The following variations exist only in the translation, the original being uniformly [Yerîyâh ] or [Yerîyâhûw ] Jerijah, [Mîykâh] Michah, and [Yishshîyâh ] Isshiah.

23:19; 26:31

Jerijah.

Michah.

23:20

Micah.

Isshiah.

23:20

Jesiah. Zechariah.

15:18,20

sons.

6:19; 23:21; Ex 6:19; Nu 3:20

who had no sons.

23:22

Mushi.

6:47; 23:23

lots.

5,6; Nu 26:56

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.

25:8; 26:13

Nehemiah 12:22

Eliashib.

10,11

recorded.

12,13