PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 60,920 words · 331 reading sections
1 Chronicles 22:15
1 Chronicles 22:15 Ver. 15. Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance,.... All the strangers in the land being gathered by the order of David, 1Ch 22:2 who were skilled in all manner of work, as follows: hewers and workers of stone and timber; masons and carpenters: and all manner of cunning men for every m…
64 wordsSECTION 2421 Chronicles 22:16
1 Chronicles 22:16 Ver. 16. Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,.... That is, the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these, some in gold and silver, others in brass and iron: there is no number; either of the workmen, or of these materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass an…
429 wordsSECTION 2431 Chronicles 23:1
1 Chronicles 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 23 In this chapter David makes Solomon king, 1Ch 23:1, calls together the princes, priests, and Levites, numbers the latter, and assigns them their proper work, 1Ch 23:2, divides them into three classes, 1Ch 23:6, when the number of them was taken from twenty years of ag…
178 wordsSECTION 2441 Chronicles 23:2
1 Chronicles 23:2 Ver. 2. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,.... Ordered them to be assembled, partly to acquaint them with his will and pleasure, that Solomon should succeed him in the kingdom; and partly to settle the order of the work and service of the temple; and therefore these were convened wi…
70 wordsSECTION 2451 Chronicles 23:3
1 Chronicles 23:3 Ver. 3. Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a new reckoning of them, 1Ch 23:24 and their number by their posts; or, according to their head…
120 wordsSECTION 2461 Chronicles 23:4
1 Chronicles 23:4 Ver. 4. Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord,.... To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and washing them, and bringing them to the altar; 1000 of these served weekly in their turns: a…
119 wordsSECTION 2471 Chronicles 23:5
1 Chronicles 23:5 Ver. 5. Moreover four thousand were porters,.... At the east, north, and south gates of the temple, in their turns; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments; were singers in the temple, which in all made up 38,000: which I made, said David, to praise therewith; which instruments he d…
71 wordsSECTION 2481 Chronicles 23:6
1 Chronicles 23:6 Ver. 6. And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,.... Into three classes, according to the number of them, which follow: namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; see Ex 6:16.…
37 wordsSECTION 2491 Chronicles 23:7
1 Chronicles 23:7 Ver. 7. Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei. These two were the immediate posterity of Gershon; are the same with Libni and Shimhi, and heads of families, Ex 6:17.…
35 wordsSECTION 2501 Chronicles 23:8
1 Chronicles 23:8 Ver. 8. The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiah, and Zetham, and Joel. Not his immediate sons, but some that descended from him.…
28 wordsSECTION 2511 Chronicles 23:9
1 Chronicles 23:9 Ver. 9. The sons of Shimei,.... Not him that was the son of Gershon, but a descendant of Laadan, his son, as Kimchi observes: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, these were the chief of the fathers of Laadan; of the families that sprang from him.…
49 wordsSECTION 2521 Chronicles 23:10
1 Chronicles 23:10 Ver. 10. And the sons of Shimei,.... The son of Gershon, and brother of Laadan, according to Kimchi, which seems right: were Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei; descendants of his in the times of David.…
47 wordsSECTION 2531 Chronicles 23:11
1 Chronicles 23:11 Ver. 11. And Jahath was the chief,.... The prince and head of a family: and Ziza the second; the same with Zina in 1Ch 23:10, and is there read Ziza in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; so as to constitute distinct families: therefore they were in …
73 wordsSECTION 2541 Chronicles 23:12
1 Chronicles 23:12 Ver. 12. The sons of Kohath,.... The second son of Levi: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four; see Ex 6:18.…
25 wordsSECTION 2551 Chronicles 23:13
1 Chronicles 23:13 Ver. 13. The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses,.... A son of Kohath, 1Ch 23:2 and Aaron was separated; from the children of Israel, Ex 28:1, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever; by an holy use of them, and keeping them from all unholy and profane uses; and this they…
143 wordsSECTION 2561 Chronicles 23:14
1 Chronicles 23:14 Ver. 14. Now concerning Moses the man of God,.... Raised up by him as a prophet, admitted to great familiarity with him, a lawgiver from him, and the ruler and guide of Israel under him through the wilderness: his sons were named of the tribe of Levi; were only common Levites; Moses had no ambition…
80 wordsSECTION 2571 Chronicles 23:15
1 Chronicles 23:15 Ver. 15. The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. See Ex 18:3.…
18 wordsSECTION 2581 Chronicles 23:16
1 Chronicles 23:16 Ver. 16. Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. Of the posterity of Gershom in the times of David, called Shubael, 1Ch 24:20, the Targum makes him to be the same with Jonathan, Jud 18:30. {l} {l} So in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralipom. fol. 84. c.…
55 wordsSECTION 2591 Chronicles 23:17
1 Chronicles 23:17 Ver. 17. And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief,.... The first and only begotten, as it follows: and Eliezer had none other sons; before nor after him: but the sons of Rehabiah were very many; or greatly multiplied; not, as the Targum says, above 600,000; the number of Israel, as the Jewi…
97 wordsSECTION 2601 Chronicles 23:18
1 Chronicles 23:18 Ver. 18. Of the sons of Izhar,.... Another son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 1Ch 23:12. Shelomith the chief; the principal descendant of Izhar at this time.…
33 wordsSECTION 2611 Chronicles 23:19
1 Chronicles 23:19 Ver. 19-21. Of the sons of Hebron,.... A third son of Kohath, 1Ch 23:12, Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth: of the sons of Uzziel; another son of Kohath, 1Ch 23:12, Micah the first, Jesiah the second: the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, Ex 6:19, th…
74 wordsSECTION 2621 Chronicles 23:20
1 Chronicles 23:20 Ver. 20. See Gill on "1Ch 23:19". 1 Chronicles 23:21Ver. 21. See Gill on "1Ch 23:19". 1 Chronicles 23:22Ver. 22. And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters,.... And so none to succeed him in his office and service:and their brethren the sons of Kish took them; married them, their uncle's sons,…
1,040 wordsSECTION 2631 Chronicles 24:1
1 Chronicles 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 24 This chapter relates the distribution David made of the priests into twenty four classes or courses, and which were observed by lot, and each course had an head or principal man over it, 1Ch 24:1 and of a like distribution of the Levites into the same number of course…
130 wordsSECTION 2641 Chronicles 24:2
1 Chronicles 24:2 Ver. 2. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father,.... While he was living, see Le 10:1 and had no children, therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests' office: otherwise, as Jarchi observes, had their brethren left children, they would have come into the office before them.…
52 wordsSECTION 2651 Chronicles 24:3
1 Chronicles 24:3 Ver. 3. And David distributed them,.... The posterities of Eleazar and Ithamar into certain classes or courses: both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar; these were the two principal men of the respective families, the one was high priest, and the other "sagan" or depu…
118 wordsSECTION 2661 Chronicles 24:4
1 Chronicles 24:4 Ver. 4. And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar,.... Or heads of men, heads of their fathers' houses and families: and thus were they divided; among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons…
215 wordsSECTION 2671 Chronicles 24:5
1 Chronicles 24:5 Ver. 5. Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another,.... Which course should serve first, and which next, and so on; and who should be the chief to each course; which course was to serve a week, and then go out; and this method was taken to prevent envy, strife, and contention about preceden…
126 wordsSECTION 2681 Chronicles 24:6
1 Chronicles 24:6 Ver. 6. And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe,.... The Targum is, Moses the chief scribe, so called: one of the Levites wrote them: the lots, and the names upon them, put into the urn, and as they came out, which was first, second, &c. and this was done before the king, and the princes, and …
215 wordsSECTION 2691 Chronicles 24:7
1 Chronicles 24:7 Ver. 7-18. Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib,.... And the other twenty three to the following persons in order: Jedaiah, Harim, Seorim, Malchijah, Mijamin, Hakkoz, Abijah, Jeshua, Shecaniah, Eliashib, Jakim, Huppah, Jeshebeab, Bilgah, Immer, Hezir, Aphses, Pethahiah, Jehezekel, Jachin, Gamul…
266 wordsSECTION 2701 Chronicles 24:19
1 Chronicles 24:19 Ver. 19. These were the orderings of them,.... Their classes or courses into which they were divided: in their service to come into the house of the Lord; to perform their service in the temple, according to their turns, and in course as fixed by lot; one class or course served one week, and then w…
147 wordsSECTION 2711 Chronicles 24:20
1 Chronicles 24:20 Ver. 20-30. And the rest of the sons of Levi were these,.... Who were not priests, only Levites; and from hence, to 1Ch 24:30 their names are given; of the sons of Amram, Shubael, and his son Jehdeiah; Rehabiah the son of Eleazar, and Isshiah the son of Rehabiah; of the Izharites, so called from Izh…
187 wordsSECTION 2721 Chronicles 24:31
1 Chronicles 24:31 Ver. 31. These likewise cast lots over against their brethren, the sons of Aaron,.... These, being divided into twenty four classes also, cast lots, which class should answer to, attend upon, and serve the first course of the priests, and which the second, and so on. And this they did in the same so…
187 wordsSECTION 2731 Chronicles 25:1
1 Chronicles 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 25 This chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, to be singers in the temple, 1Ch 25:1 the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes, twelve in each class, 1Ch 25:8. Ver. 1. Moreover, David and the captains of the host separa…
210 wordsSECTION 2741 Chronicles 25:2
1 Chronicles 25:2 Ver. 2. Of the sons of Asaph,.... Who were separated, and by lot appointed, to the service of singers in the temple: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah; called Jesharelah, 1Ch 25:14, these had the third fourth, fifth, and seventh lots, 1Ch 25:9, under the hands of Asaph; under his inst…
111 wordsSECTION 2751 Chronicles 25:3
1 Chronicles 25:3 Ver. 3. Of Jeduthun,.... Or Ethan, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri; called Izri, 1Ch 25:11, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; whereas five only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei, 1Ch 25:17 is the sixth, he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews, …
195 wordsSECTION 2761 Chronicles 25:4
1 Chronicles 25:4 Ver. 4. Of Heman: the sons of Heman,.... The third chief singer: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel; the same with Azareel, 1Ch 25:18 Shebuel; called Shubael, 1Ch 25:20 and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth; in all fourteen, to w…
73 wordsSECTION 2771 Chronicles 25:5
1 Chronicles 25:5 Ver. 5. All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer,.... The prophet of the king, as the Targum, who was frequently with him, assisting him in the words of God: in divine things: to lift up the horn; to blow with the hornpipe or trumpet, and to magnify and set forth the greatness of the kingd…
124 wordsSECTION 2781 Chronicles 25:6
1 Chronicles 25:6 Ver. 6. All these were under the hands of their father, for song in the house of the Lord,.... Instructed and directed by him in the performance of the service in the temple: with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; which were the three principal instruments of music…
96 wordsSECTION 2791 Chronicles 25:7
1 Chronicles 25:7 Ver. 7. So the number of them, with their brethren,.... Who each of them had twelve with them, as after reckoned: that were instructed in the songs of the Lord; taught how to sing them: [even] all that were cunning; expert and well skilled in the science of singing: was two hundred and eighty eigh…
86 wordsSECTION 2801 Chronicles 25:8
1 Chronicles 25:8 Ver. 8. And they cast lots, ward against ward,.... That is, which ward or course of the singers should answer to and attend on the first ward or course of the priests in their weekly service, and which the second, and so on: as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar; no regard was h…
162 wordsSECTION 2811 Chronicles 25:9
1 Chronicles 25:9 Ver. 9. Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph,.... His second son to the preference of the firstborn, 1Ch 25:2, the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: and which must also be understood of Joseph, and supplied to him; for those being both in one verse, as Jarch…
111 wordsSECTION 2821 Chronicles 25:31
1 Chronicles 25:31 Ver. 31 See Gill on "1Ch 25:9" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 2831 Chronicles 26:1
1 Chronicles 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 26 In this chapter we have a further account of the disposition and distribution of the Levites, to serve in other offices, as of porters at the several gates of the temple, for which they cast lots, 1Ch 26:1 of others, as over the treasures of the house of the Lord, 1Ch…
187 wordsSECTION 2841 Chronicles 26:2
1 Chronicles 26:2 Ver. 2,3. And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,.... And six more, who are mentioned in their order: Jediael, Zebadiah, and Jathniel, Elam, Jehohanan, and Elioenai.…
33 wordsSECTION 2851 Chronicles 26:4
1 Chronicles 26:4 Ver. 4,5. Moreover, the sons of Obededom,.... The same at whose house the ark was, before it was brought by David to Zion; his sons were porters also, as himself, 1Ch 15:24, mention is made of eight sons of his, according to their birth: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethaneel, Ammiel, Issachar,…
128 wordsSECTION 2861 Chronicles 26:6
1 Chronicles 26:6 Ver. 6. Also unto Shemaiah his son,.... His firstborn, 1Ch 26:4 were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father; were heads of families, eminent and principal men: for they were mighty men of valour; which their office sometimes required them to be, to guard the temple at night as w…
82 wordsSECTION 2871 Chronicles 26:7
1 Chronicles 26:7 Ver. 7. The sons of Shemaiah,.... The same before mentioned, the firstborn of Obededom: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men; Elihu and Semachiah; which may rather denote their valour and courage, as before, though strength of body was needful, particularly to op…
76 wordsSECTION 2881 Chronicles 26:8
1 Chronicles 26:8 Ver. 8. All these of the sons of Obededom,.... And grandsons: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service; men of fortitude of mind and strength of body, as before observed: were sixty two of Obededom: that sprung from him, which the Jews {s} account for in an extr…
75 wordsSECTION 2891 Chronicles 26:9
1 Chronicles 26:9 Ver. 9. And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen,.... He had seven sons, 1Ch 26:1 and therefore must have eleven brethren or kinsmen.…
30 wordsSECTION 2901 Chronicles 26:10
1 Chronicles 26:10 Ver. 10. Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons,.... Who was a fellow porter of Obededom's at the ark, 1Ch 16:38. Simri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief); the firstborn being unfit for service, either through want of an intellectual capacity…
91 wordsSECTION 2911 Chronicles 26:11
1 Chronicles 26:11 Ver. 11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. Four sons, and nine brethren or kinsmen.…
31 wordsSECTION 2921 Chronicles 26:12
1 Chronicles 26:12 Ver. 12. Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men,.... These before named were the principal men of the porters, among which was a division or distribution of them into classes or courses, in which they served weekly in turn: having wards one against another, to minis…
265 wordsSECTION 2931 Chronicles 26:13
1 Chronicles 26:13 Ver. 13. And they cast lots,.... To determine at which gate each should stand, who at this gate, and who at the other, &c. as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate; meaning, not little ones and grown persons in a family, but the smaller and poorer fami…
97 wordsSECTION 2941 Chronicles 26:14
1 Chronicles 26:14 Ver. 14. And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah,.... The same with Meshelemiah, 1Ch 26:1 he by lot was placed at the eastern gate, called afterwards the gate Shushan, the city Shushan being portrayed upon it {u}: then for Zechariah his son (a wise counsellor); and who was his firstborn, 1Ch 26:2 a …
198 wordsSECTION 2951 Chronicles 26:15
1 Chronicles 26:15 Ver. 15. To Obededom southward,.... Where were two gates in later times, called the gates of Huldah {x}: and to his sons, the house of Asuppim; the word has the signification of gathering, hence some take it to be a council house, where the sanhedrim or elders gathered together, and sat; and others…
187 wordsSECTION 2961 Chronicles 26:16
1 Chronicles 26:16 Ver. 16. To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward,.... Of Shuppim no mention is before made; of Hosah, see 1Ch 26:10 their lot was to be placed at the gates on the western wall, where were four; the two more southward being assigned to the sons of Obededom, whose lot also was southward, are …
293 wordsSECTION 2971 Chronicles 26:17
1 Chronicles 26:17 Ver. 17. Eastward were six Levites,.... The eastern gate, being the way of entrance into the temple, required more porters: northward four a day; in the daytime, or every day, where was the gate Teri or Tedi, 1Ch 26:14, southward four a day: at the two gates of Huldah, 1Ch 26:15 and toward Asuppim …
74 wordsSECTION 2981 Chronicles 26:18
1 Chronicles 26:18 Ver. 18. At Parbar westward,.... A gate at the western wall; the Jewish writers generally interpret it an outward place, but Dr. Lightfoot {c} thinks it is the same with Parvar, which signifies suburbs, 2Ki 23:11, and which agrees with the description Josephus {d} gives of one of the western gates, …
103 wordsSECTION 2991 Chronicles 26:19
1 Chronicles 26:19 Ver. 19. These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. For among those Levites which descended from Kore, a grandson of Kohath, and which sprung from Merar, a brother of Kohath, the porters only wore; see 1Ch 26:1.…
53 wordsSECTION 3001 Chronicles 26:20
1 Chronicles 26:20 Ver. 20. And of the Levites,.... The rest of the Levites, as the Gershonites, Amramites, Izharites, and Hebronites, 1Ch 26:21. Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God; as the tithes, vessels, vestments, wine, and oil, and other things; such an one was Phinehas at the time of the destructi…
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