歷代志上 26:6-7 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:1-19

Observe, I. There were porters appointed to attend the temple, who guarded all the avenues that let to it, opened and shut all the outer gates and attended at them, not only for the state, but for service, to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the decorum they were to observe, to encourage those that were timorous, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others that were enemies to the house of God. In allusion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:6

Also unto Shemaiah his son ,.... His firstborn, 1 Chronicles 26:4 . were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father ; were heads of families, eminent and principal men: for they were mighty men of valour ; which their office sometimes required them to be, to guard the temple at night as well as day from thieves and robbers, and to hinder resolute men entering in, unfit for it, and seize on rioters, and quell tumults raised. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:7

The sons of Shemaiah ,.... The same before mentioned, the firstborn of Obededom: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men; Elihu and Semachiah ; which may rather denote their valour and courage, as before, though strength of body was needful, particularly to open and shut the doors of the temple, which, Josephus F18 Contr. Apion. l. 2. sect. 9. says, required the assistance of twenty men. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 26:6

They were mighty men of valor - They were not only porters or door-keepers in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard for the gates: and perhaps in this sense alone we are to understand their office. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:6-7

In the former of these verses, eulogy is pronounced by anticipation on the six grandsons of Obed-edom through his son Shemaiah , about to be mentioned in the latter verse. The singular number of the verb ( נוֹלַד ), with a plural nominative, as found here, often occurs elsewhere, and repeatedly, even in this book, in cases where the relative pronoun אַשֶׁר intervenes between the subject and its verb. That ruled throughout the house of their father . The plural masculine abstract... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 26:6

1 Chronicles 26:6. They were mighty men of valour This clause is divers times mentioned, because their office required both strength and courage: for they were to shut the doors of the temple, one whereof was so great and weighty that in the second temple it required twenty men to open and shut it. They were also to keep the guard, to keep out all unclean or forbidden persons, to prevent or suppress any tumults or disorders which might happen in the temple or in its courts, to keep the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 26:1-32

Arrangements for the Levites (23:1-26:32)Having appointed Solomon to be his successor, David made further arrangements for the service of the temple. First, he set out a plan to distribute duties among the Levites. A census showed that there were 38,000 Levites eligible for temple service. Of these, 14,000 were official record-keepers, judges, guards, singers and musicians. The remainder were to help in the general service of the temple (23:1-6). Clearly, there were far too many Levites to work... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 26:6

6. mighty men of valour—The circumstance of physical strength is prominently noticed in this chapter, as the office of the porters required them not only to act as sentinels of the sacred edifice and its precious furniture against attacks of plunderers or popular insurrection—to be, in fact, a military guard—but, after the temple was built, to open and shut the gates, which were extraordinarily large and ponderous. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 26:1-32

Particulars respecting various Temple Officials1. The divisions of the porters] i.e. the courses of the gate-keepers or sentries who stood on guard at the entrances of the Temple. They were drawn from three families, Meshelemiah (the ’Shallum’ of 1 Chronicles 9:19), Obededom, and Hosah. Asaph] the ’Ebiasaph’ of 1 Chronicles 9:19. 5. For God blessed him] see 1 Chronicles 13:14. The blessing consisted in the number of his children: cp. Genesis 1:28; Genesis 24:60.13. For every gate] Though the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 26:6

(6) That ruled throughout the house of their father.—Rather, The lords of their clan. The word translated “that ruled,” is not a verb, but an abstract noun (mimshâl), like our expression “the authorities,” or “the government.” It only occurs besides in Daniel 11:3; Daniel 11:5.Mighty men of valour.—See Note on 1 Chronicles 9:13. read more