1 Chronicles 26:1

Contextual Overview

¹The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers:¹ For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korchi, Meshelemyah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaf. ¹ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ¹ As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ¹ These are the groups of the gatekeepers. From the family of Korah, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, who was from Asaph's family. ¹ The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. ¹For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.¹ For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.¹ For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ¹ Concerning the diuisions of the porters, of the Korhites, Meshelemiah the sonne of Kore of the sonnes of Asaph.

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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 - 1 Chronicles 26:14, the southern to Obed-edom - 1 Chronicles 26:15, and the western to Shuppim and Hosah - 1 Chronicles 26:16. 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 1 Chronicles 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.

the porters: 1 Chronicles 9:17-27, 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 15:23, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 2 Chronicles 23:19

Korhites: Numbers 26:9-11, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 49:1, *titles

Meshelemiah: שלמיה [Strong's H8018], Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of משלמיה [Strong's H4920], Meshelemiah, by the apheresis of מ, mem. 1 Chronicles 26:14, Shelemiah

Asaph: This variation arises from the rejection of the word אב [Strong's H1], av, "father," and the mutation of י, yood, into א, aleph; being written in the parallel passages אביסף [Strong's H43], Ebiasaph, and here אסף [Strong's H623], Asaph. 1 Chronicles 6:37, 1 Chronicles 9:19, Ebiasaph

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:18 - General Numbers 3:19 - General 2 Kings 23:4 - the keepers 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 1 Chronicles 23:6 - courses 1 Chronicles 26:9 - Meshelemiah 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the porters 2 Chronicles 34:13 - porters Ezra 2:42 - the porters Nehemiah 7:45 - The porters Ezekiel 44:11 - having charge

Cross-References

Genesis 25:11
It happened after the death of Avraham, that God blessed Yitzchak, his son. Yitzchak lived by Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i.

Genesis 25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

Genesis 25:11
And it happened that after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac settled at Beer-Lahai-Roi.

Genesis 25:11
After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac was now living at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 25:11
After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 25:11
Now after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived at Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:11
It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:11
And after the death of Abraham God blessed Izhak his sonne, and Izhak dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:11
Now it happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:11
God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Concerning the divisions of the porters,.... Or doorkeepers, whose business it was to open and shut the doors of the temple, to keep all impure and improper persons from entering into it, or any of the vessels being carried out of it, and to prevent tumults and riots about it; these, as it seems, David divided into a like number of classes, as the singers, to take their turns in waiting:

of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; not Asaph the singer, who was a Gershonite, but the same with Eliasaph, 1 Chronicles 6:23 a Korhite.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The porters - See 1Ch 9:17-27; 1 Chronicles 23:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXVI

The divisions of the porters, 1-12.

The gates assigned to them, 13-19.

Those who were over the treasures, 20-28.

Different officers, 29-32.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXVI

Verse 1 Chronicles 26:1. The divisions of the porters — There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to one of 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, 1 Chronicles 26:14; the southern, to Obed-edom, 1 Chronicles 26:15; the western, to Shuppim and Hosah, 1 Chronicles 26:16. 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 1 Chronicles 23:5, that there were four thousand in all.