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. read more
And Jahath was the chief ,.... The prince and head of a family: and Ziza the second ; the same with Zina in 1 Chronicles 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 one reckoning, according to their father's house ; made one family with their brethren. read more
The sons of Kohath ,.... The second son of Levi: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four ; see Exodus 6:18 . read more
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses ,.... A son of Kohath, 1 Chronicles 23:2 . and Aaron was separated ; from the children of Israel, Exodus 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 were to do as long as the Aaronic priesthood lasted: to burn incense before the Lord ; in the holy place, on the altar of incense; which none but priests descended from... read more
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 to gratify; he sought no honour for his posterity; the civil government was left to Joshua, and the priesthood to Aaron. read more
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. See Exodus 18:3 . read more
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. Of the posterity of Gershom in the times of David, called Shubael, 1 Chronicles 24:20 , the Targum makes him to be the same with Jonathan, Judges 18:30 . F12 So in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralipom. fol. 84. c. . read more
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 Jewish writers F13 T. Bab Beracot, fol. 7. 1, 2, Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 16. fol. 220. 4. fancy; which they gather from Exodus 1:7 , and that though Moses deprecated the multiplication of his... read more
Of the sons of Izhar ,.... Another son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 1 Chronicles 23:12 . Shelomith the chief ; the principal descendant of Izhar at this time. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:9
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. read more