John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah ,.... Called Abda the son of Shammua, Nehemiah 11:17 . the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun ; who was Ethan, another of the singers in the time of David: and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites ; the villages about Netophah, which was in the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:54 , Nehemiah 7:26 which may be understood either of Elkanah, the ancestor of Berechiah, whose dwelling was there; or... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:14-34
We have here a further account of the good posture which the affairs of religion were put into immediately upon the return of the people out of Babylon. They had smarted for their former neglect of ordinances and under the late want of ordinances. Both these considerations made them very zealous and forward in setting up the worship of God among them; so they began their worship of God at the right end. Instances hereof we have here. I. Before the house of the Lord was built they had the house... read more