The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Chronicles — Section 96

nre eevernl omissions in these two lines ; but inasmuch n.s ho was appointed chief of the if these a.re correct, we must conclude that Levites (Numb. iii. a~); ministered as u there are unwarmnte<l. aJ<l.itious in the priest with his brother lthnnmr, even before other. On the nanws of Asaph's e.ucestors, the death llf Aaron ; aud succeeded him as 8ee notes on vers. 20, 21. From 2 Chron. high priest (Numb. xx. 28). It was in xxix. 30 it seems plain that Asaph was him- Elc,,zar's family t!Jat tl1e high priesthood sC'lf a composer of psalms, and not simply remained (as ubove) till the time of Eli, either the musicie.n or rehearser of those of who was descended from Ithamar, and it David. returned n~nin to the line of Eleazar in Yer. 44.-Ethan. This passnge and eh. Zadok, fullilling the intimation of l Sam. xv. 19 are the lee.ding passages for this name ii. 30. Ethan. But in succeeding references (and Vcrs. M-81.-The writer returns upon they are not a few) to the three chief leaders his steps to give the cities and dwelling- of song, the name appears as Jeduthun; places of tho Levites, beginning with the unless, as seems scarcely credible, two differ- priestly members of the Kohathite line ent persons are designated. The occe.sion (vers. 54-61), then taking those of the and significance of the alteration o: the Gershomite (ver. 62) and ll!lerarite lines name are not stated, however, and elude (vers. 63-65) in order; and again in the detection so far. In 2 Chron. xxxv. 15 the same order disposing of the members not title of '' king's seer" U1i,;) is added to priestly (vers. 66-70; 71-76; 77-81) of the name Jeduthun, which is variously ~pelt the same three bro.nches. (1111''.1'.; im1,; ; Jm:,-:). This arrangement of Vers. 54-61, 64-70.-And these are chief singers, on~ from each of the three their dwellings according to their onclc- branches of Levi's family, lasted unbroken sures in their territories. c;,\i•o means the to Josiah's reign (2 Chron. x.xxv. 13); and settlements of whatever people ·in question, the representatives of Jeduthun, at all surrounded and protected by whatever fence events, are mentioned in the time of Nehe- or defence customary. For theirs was the miah (Neh. xi. 17, 18). :Kishi. The most lot is more intelligible with the o.ddition frequent form of this name is Kish (i,"'P, of the word "first," supplied in Josh. xxxi. 10, i.e. theirs was the fi,·st lot. The whole equivalent to the Vnlgate Ois), if, indeed, drift of the present passage, with the re- the form of this verse and that of eh. xv. 17, mainder of the chapter, is made entirely Knshaiah (1~~1p), are not merely the fruit of plain by Numb. xxxv. 1-8 and Josh. xxi. a corrupt text. 1-10. But the omission and the alteration Ver. 48.-The all manner of service, from of individual names of places occasiou some that of the three "leaders of song" on their delay. Our ver. 55 is given somewlmt "cymbals of brass" ( eh. xv. 19) down more fully in Josh. xxi. 11; our ver. 56 is through the other Levitical grades, is fully identical with Josh. xxi. 12; and our vers. illustrated in many places (eh. xv. 18-24; 57-60 correspond substanlfally with Josh. xvi. 37-42; x:x.ili. 2-32; xxv. 1-1:!; x:xi. 13-19, hut from this latter source we x:xvi. 1-26). are glad to supply the two names Juttah Vera. 49-53.-These verses allude to the and Gibeon, without which we cannot atld up more special fnnctions of "Aaron and his correctly the thirteen cities ofvcr. 60. Abo sons," as they are here called, i.e. his lineal in Joshua, our Hilen, Ashe.n, and Alemeth deacende.nts (vers. 4-15; Ezra vii. 2-5), appear as .llolon,Ain, and .Almon rpspectively, whose names, stopping o.t Ahimaaz, t!Je ulthough iu rngartl to the iute1·mediate name eleventh generation, are the same with those of these three the places co.nnot be accepted of vers. 3-8. The manifest inference is as itlentical, for they are mentiouetl sitlc by that t!Je present enumeration, stopping with side in Josh. xix. 7 and in eh. iv. 32, but wo the name of one contemporary with David must admit an error involved. Ver. 56 (2 Sam. xv. 27), was borrowed from tables (see Josh. xiv. 14; xxi. 12). Ver. 61 seems of the date of David, and not of t!Je date of to bo au anticipation of vers. 66-70, with the Captivity (ver. 15). which veraes, if we incorporate it, we shall Ver. {().-The alte.r of the burnt offering obtain suhstu.nLially the same result~ ns are (Lev. i. ii-17). The altar of inoense (Exod. found in J os!J. xxi. 5, 20-26; Lut ago.in we XXV. 6; XXX, 1-7, 7-9, 34-38; Lev. are glad of the luttor source to supply for us x,i. 12). Most holy (Lev. xvi. 12, 14, the two places, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, ne- 15, 17, 20). An atonement for Israel (Lev. cessary to euable us to count up the ten oitiea xvi. 3-10; xxiii. 26-32; NWllb. .x.xix. of our ver. 61, while our Jokmee.m, Aner, 7-11). and Bileam appeo.r o.e probably the couoctotl Ver. 50.-Eleazar. The third son of Aaron readings of l(ibzaim, Tanach, and Gath- (Ly Elisheba, daughter of Amminadub, und rimmon respectively in Joshuo.. The none of tlesceuded from Judah through Pharez) is Kohath .. , left (vcr. 61), ii.tu residue (Autho- the sou whose deacendants aro giveu here, rized Versiou, ver. 60), the remnant (ver. 70), OJI. VL 1-81.] THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. Bi