; That there is ſo great a Diveslicy of Names between this Cata- 'ogne and that Neb. 11, may be alcribed ro two Cauſes : 1. To the Cuſtom of the Hebrews, who uſed very frequently to give two or three ſeveral Names to one Perſon : And, 2. To the change of Times ; for here they are named who came up at the firſt Rerurn ; but. many of thoſe in Nehemian might be fuch as returned afterward, and came and dwelt either in ſtead of the Perſons here nained, who might be then dead, or gone from Jeruſalem, or with tac.
5 And of the Shilonites &, Aſajah / che ticit-born, and his ſons.
k Or, Shelanites, as they are called from Shelah, Numb. 26. 29, ! Called alto AMaaſec/ah, Neb. 11.5.
6 And of the ſons of Zerah ; Jeuel, and their bre- chren, fix hundred and ninety.
7 And of the ſons of Benjamin ; Sallu theſon of Me- ſhullam z, the ſon of Hodaviah, the ſon of Haſenuah.
» Who is mentioned, bur deſcribed by other Parents, Neb. 11. 7. or atleaſt by Perſons under other Names. Poflibly theſe were his more unmediate, and thoſe his more remote Parents : or he might be born of oc.e, and adopted by anorher. For this is certain, Meri are ſometimes 'n Scripture called the Sons of thoſe who adopted them, or whoſe Righr of Inherirance fell ro them.
8 And Ibnejaithe fon of Jeroham, and Elah the ſon of Uzzi, the fon of Michri, and Meſhullam the ſon of Shoph utiah, the ſon of Reuel, the ſon of Ibnijah ;
9 Andtheir brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty ſix o. All theſe men were chief
of che fathers in the houſe of their fathers.
o They are reckoned but 928 in Neh. 11. 8. either becauſe there he mentions only thoſe that were by Lot determined to dwell ar Jeruſalem, ro whom he here adds thoic who freely offered themſelves to it ; ſee Neb. 11. r, 2. becauſe ſoine of the Perſons and Families firſt placed there were dead or extinguiſhed, or elſe removed from Jersſaiem upon ſome emergent occaſion.
ro And of the prieits ; Jedajah, and Jehojarib, and Jachin,
1: And Azariah p the fon of Hilkiah q, the ſon of Methullam, che fon of Zadok, the ſon of Merajoth, the {on of Ahicub, the ruler of the houſe of God r.
Þ The ſame called S:raiah, Nehem. 11. 12. q Fither of him in Toſtals's time, 2 Kings 22, 8, or rather another of the ſame name r Or, a ruler in the houſe of Goa * Not the High-Prieſt, who was Ezrs, Ezr2, 3. 8. but a chief Ruler under him ; either the ſecond Prieſt, as ſuch are called, Num.3.32. or the Head of one of the 24 Families or Courtes of the Prieſts. |
12 And Adaiah the fon of Jeroham, the ſon of Paſhur s, the ſon of Malchijah, and Maaſai the ſon of Adie], che fon of Jahzerah, the fon of Meſhullam, theſon of Meſhillemich, the ſon of Immer. -
5 3, e. His Great Grandſon, as appears from Neb. 17. 12, 13.
13 And their brethren, heads of the houſe of their fachers, a thouſand and ſeven hundred and threeſcore, + veiy able men 7 for the work of the ſervice of the
Qualiticatzon for their Place ; becauſe the Prieſts might meer with great Oppotition and Difhculcy in the faithful Diſcharge of their Oitice, 1a the Execution of the Cenfures upon all Impure Perſons withour Exception, and in preſerving Sacred things from Violation by the Touch of Forbidden Hands. Of which ſce an eminent Ins ſtance 1a Azarizb; 2 Chron, 26. 17, &Cc.
14 Andof the Levites z Shemajah the ſon of Haſhub, the fonot Azrikam, the fon of Haſhabiah, of the ſons of Merar1.
15 And Bakbakkar, Hereſh, and Galal : and Mattaniah the ſon of Micah, the ſon of Zichri, the ſonof Aſaph.
16 And Obadiah the ſon of Shemajah, che fon of Galal, the fon of Jeduthun : and Berechiah the ſon of Afa, the fon of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathite .
u Or, Netrophathites ; which were in Judah, ch. 2. 54. Here they nov dwelt, either becauſe their pri pec Cities were nor yet built : or becauſe they were nor yet numerous enough to repleniſh them.
17 And the porters x were Shailum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brerchi;ca. Shallum was the chief:
x Whoſe Office ir was to keep all the Gates of the Temple, that no unclean Peifon or Thing might center into it.
18 ( Who hicherto waited inthe kings gate y eaſtward) They were porters in the companies z of the children of Levi.
In the Eaſt-gate of the Temple, which was ſo called, eitherbe- cauſe ic was the chief and moſt Magnificent of all the Gates : or becauſe the Kings of Ju42h uſed ro go to the Temple through that Gate, 2 Kings 16. 18. Compare Ez-k. 44. 1, 2. Under this Gate he comprehends all the reſt, which alfo were guarded by theſe Porters. z Or, according to the companies, or orders, Or courſes, i. e. They kept the Gates ſucceſſively, according to that Metho(l into which chem- ſelves and the reſt of their Brethren rhe Levices were diſtributed, for the more convenient management oftheir ſeyeral Offices; among which this of the Porters was one. |
I9 And Shallum the ſon of Kore, the ſon of Ebiaſaph, the ſon of Korah, and hisbrethren ( of the houſe of his
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