Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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
1 Chronicles 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, …
1 Chronicles 26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
1 Chronicles 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, …
1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the …
the porters
1 Chronicles 9:17-27 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, …
1 Chronicles 15:18,23,24 And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, …
2 Chronicles 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that …
Korhites
Numbers 26:9-11 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that …
Psalm 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what …
Psalm 49:1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
Meshelemiah. Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of Meshelemiah, by the aphaeresis of () {mem}.
1 Chronicles 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
Shelemiah
Asaph This variation arises from the mutation of {yood} into {aleph}; being written in the parallel passages () {Ebiaspah}, and here Asaph.
1 Chronicles 6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
1 Chronicles 9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, …
Ebiasaph
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
Obed-edom
1 Chronicles 15:18,21,24 And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, …
1 Chronicles 16:5,38 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, …
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
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 {shoarim} should be rendered: 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.
1 Chronicles 26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their …
2 Chronicles 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore …
Nehemiah 11:14 And their brothers, mighty men of valor, an hundred twenty and eight: …
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto …
2 Timothy 2:3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
Hosah
1 Chronicles 25:10,11 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve…
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
1 Kings 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the …
2 Chronicles 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the …
ward against ward That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.
1 Chronicles 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, …
Nehemiah 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the …
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
treasures
1 Chronicles 26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over …
1 Chronicles 9:26-30 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, …
1 Chronicles 22:3,4,14-16 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors …
1 Chronicles 28:12-19 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of …
1 Chronicles 29:2-8 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the …
1 Kings 14:26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the …
1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures …
Malachi 3:10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat …
dedicated things [heb] holy things
1 Chronicles 26:26-28 Which Shelomith and his brothers were over all the treasures of the …
1 Chronicles 18:11 Them also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and the …
1 Kings 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD…
2 Chronicles 31:11,12 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; …
As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Izharites
1 Chronicles 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
the outward
2 Chronicles 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of …
Nehemiah 11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the …
officers
1 Chronicles 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of …
2 Chronicles 19:8-11 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of …
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
men of valour
1 Chronicles 26:6-9 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the …
chief fathers
1 Chronicles 15:12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …
1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even …
1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of …
Reubenites
1 Chronicles 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, …
and affairs [heb] and thing
2 Chronicles 19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters …
There were more levites employed as judges with the two tribes and a half on the other side of Jordan, than with all the rest of the tribes; there were two thousand seven hundred, whereas on the west side of Jordan there were only one thousand seven hundred. Either those remote tribes were not so well furnished with judges of their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the borders of the neighbouring nations, and were thus in danger of being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of Levites to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.
