The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:28
That they should bring them in by tale and by tale carry them out. That is, that they should scrupulously number them. read more
歴代志上 9:22-29 Jc
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:29-30
The vessels and other things required for the daily sacrificial service are here spoken of; the verses receive abundant illustration from various Old Testament passages ( Exodus 25:6 ; Exodus 30:23-38 ; Le Exodus 2:1-7 , etc.). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:22
The porters, like the singers Nehemiah 12:29, dwelt for the most part in the villages round Jerusalem. They were the descendants of those originally selected for the work by David. David’s arrangements are here regarded as having had the sanction of Samuel - which would imply that he planned them in the lifetime of Saul, while he was still a fugitive and an outlaw. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:25
See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1 Chronicles 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:26
Rather, “For the four chief porters, who were themselves Levites, were in trust, who also had the charge of the chambers, etc.” A contrast seems intended between the four chief porters, whose charge was constant, and the remainder, who kept watch by turns. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:28
By tale - literally, “by number.” The vessels for service taken out of the treasury were counted, that the same number should be returned to the treasury after the service was over, read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:22
1 Chronicles 9:22. These were reckoned in their villages Where their usual residence was, and whence they came to Jerusalem in their courses. Whom David and Samuel did ordain In the times of the judges there was much disorder both in the Jewish state and church, and the Levites came to the tabernacle promiscuously, and as their inclinations or occasions brought them. But Samuel, observing they were greatly increased, began to think of establishing order in their ministration. And these... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:23
1 Chronicles 9:23. They and their children had the oversight Namely, in David’s time. Of the tabernacle This is added to explain what he means by the house of the Lord: not that tabernacle which David had set up for the ark, but that more solemn tabernacle, which Moses had made by God’s express command; which in David’s time was at Gibeon; in which God was worshipped until the temple was built. By wards By turns or courses. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:25
1 Chronicles 9:25. Their brethren were to come From their several villages to the place of worship. After seven days Every seventh day the courses were changed, and the new-comers were to tarry till the next sabbath day. From time to time with them To be with them, with the chief porters, who always abode in the place of God’s worship. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:23-26
(See above and 1 Chronicles 26:12-19 .) For the chief porters , Bertheau suggests, as an analogous expression, στρατηγοῖ ( Luke 22:52 ). The chambers . We have the account of Solomon's building of these in 1 Kings 6:5-10 , 1 Kings 6:16 , 1 Kings 6:19 ; it is scarcely likely that the "chamber of mattresses" of 2 Kings 11:2 was one of these, though the language of the following verse looks that way (comp. also Ezekiel 46:5-11 ). And treasuries . These were store-houses... read more