The first; which word is fitly supplied both out of the rest of this verse, the second, third, and fourth having a manifest reference to the first, and out of 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 26:31, where it is expressed. read more
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter we have divisions of the 24 orders of priests (1 Chronicles 24:1-19), and the classes of Levites who attended them in discharge of their sacred functions.1 Chronicles 24:1-6.—The sons of Aaron. The divisions supply from 1 Chronicles 24:6 of chap. 23. The author had there stated that “to the sons of Levi David assigned their courses.” He now adds, “To the sons of A. also (David assigned) their courses. The sons of A. (were) Nadab, &c.” [Speak. Com.]. Both,... read more
Chapter 24Now the order of the priest, the twenty-four orders of those that were to minister in the, actually, office of sacrifices and incense and so forth are first given in chapter 1Ch 24:2 and through verse nineteen. And then the sons of Kohath were divided for their duties. And then the Merarites in the rest of the chapter. " read more
1 Chronicles 24:5 . They were divided by lot, into twenty four courses. David might perhaps have interfered, and promoted one of each course to be the overseer of the other priests; but he did more wisely in leaving it to the lot. So, according to Eusebius, all christian bishops in the early ages were chosen by the whole congregation, and by apostolical sanction. We find in Cicero, that the Athenians also divided their priests into courses. 1 Chronicles 24:10 . Abijah, or Abia, of whose... read more
1Ch 24:23 And the sons [of Hebron]; Jeriah [the first], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. Ver. 23. And the sons of Hebron. ] Hebron is not in the original, but well supplied out of 1 Chronicles 23:19 ; 1 Chronicles 26:31 . See the like lacuna in 1 Chronicles 2:53 . read more
Izharites: The original is uniformly Izharites. 1 Chronicles 23:18; Exodus 6:21; Numbers 3:19, Numbers 3:27, Izeharites Shelomoth: The variation of שלמית Shelomith, and שלמות Shelomoth, arises from the mutation of ו, wav and י, yood. 1 Chronicles 23:18, 1 Chronicles 26:26, Shelomith read more
Jeriah: The following variations exist only in the translation, the original being uniformly יריה or יריהו Jerijah, מיכה Michah, and ישיה Isshiah. 1 Chronicles 23:19, 1 Chronicles 26:31, Jerijah read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 24:22
Shelomoth, called also Shelomith, 1 Chronicles 23:18 read more