Eliezer. His being uncircumcised, had almost proved fatal to his father, Exodus iv. 24. (Menochius) --- First. He might have other brothers, (Calmet) though the title may be given to an only son, ver. 17., and Matthew i. 25. Subuel was perhaps (Haydock) chief of a family, (Calmet) and was appointed over the treasury, chap. xxvi. 24. (Menochius) read more
1-23 David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another. read more
The Levites Divided into Three Courses v. 1. So when David was old and full of days, weary of his strenuous life, 1 Kings 1:32-Galatians :, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel. v. 2. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the priests and the Levites, the princes acting as the representatives of the tribes in taking the census of the Levites as now described. v. 3. Now, the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward, this being the age at which they... read more
β. Distribution of the Levites and Priests, and Order of their Service: Ch. 23–261 Chronicles 23:1 And David was old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.1. Enumeration of the Levites, and Arrangement of their Work: 1 Chronicles 23:2-52And he gathered all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites. 3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upwards; 4and their number by their polls in men was thirty and eight thousand. Of these, twenty... read more
David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out preliminary work in getting the stones ready. He practically abdicated the throne to Solomon, that he might supervise arranging the order of worship. In this chapter the duties of the Levites are set out, and it is declared that this was among David's last acts (verse 1 Chronicles 23:27, margin). ... read more
1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31 . The Levites and the Priests.— The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and priests and the settling of their duties— as existing in his day— was all the work of David. 1 Chronicles 23:5 . princes of the sanctuary: a title corresponding to an official in Babylonian sanctuaries of earlier days, and probably borrowed and adapted by the returned exiles; it is not identical with the “ princes of God.” 1 Chronicles 23:6-Isaiah : . An... read more
That he should sanctify the most holy things; not positively, for so he could not sanctify them, they being already sanctified by God in the highest degree; but negatively, i.e. that he might keep them from pollution; for these most holy things were polluted when they were touched by any other persons. He and his sons; not only his eldest sons, the high priests successively, but all his posterity, or all the priests; for the works here following were not peculiar to the high priest, but common... read more
i.e. They were accounted only as common Levites, and were not priests; which is mentioned partly to secure the priesthood within the bounds to which God had confined it, lest they should presume to invade it upon a confidence in the nobleness of their extraction; and partly for the honour of Moses, and the demonstration of his eminent piety and self-denial, who willingly left the government to Joshua, and the priesthood to Aaron, and was content to have his posterity reduced to a very private... read more
The sons of Eliezer, for the son; the plural number for the singular, as Genesis 46:23; 1 Chronicles 2:8,1 Chronicles 2:31, and oft elsewhere. Rehabiah the chief, Heb. the first-born. He is so called, not because others were born after him, but because none were born before him. See Poole "Matthew 1:25". read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:14
Levi, but not among the priests, (Calmet) though their father was an extraordinary priest, appointed by God to anoint Aaron, Psalm xcviii. (Du Hamel) read more