1 Chronicles 9:19 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:19

And Shallum the son of Kore ,.... The same as in 1 Chronicles 9:17 whose pedigree is traced up to Ebiasaph the son of Korah, see Exodus 6:24 . and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites ; so called, because they descended from Korah: were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle ; until the temple was built: and their fathers being over the host of the Lord ; the Levites, who were the Lord's army, and whose service is represented... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:19

Keepers of the entry - Whose business it was to suffer no person to come to the tabernacle but the priests, during the performance of the sacred service; see Jarchi. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:19

Shallum . Marked as a different person from the former of the same name, by the description son of Kore , etc. The pedigree here given enables us to identify the person intended as Shelemiah or Moshelemiah.. Keepers of the gates of the tabernacle… of the entry . These are descriptions of "service," not synonymous with those of 1 Chronicles 9:17 and 1 Chronicles 9:18 , where the words וְהַשְּׁעַרִים and בְּשַׁעַר are found, in place of those used here, viz. שֹׁמְרֵי ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:19

Shallum the son of Kore - A different person from the Shallum of 1 Chronicles 9:17, and with a different office, namely, the guarding the inner doors of the temple. The original Shallum, Shelemaiah, or Meshelemaiah, was a Levite of the time of David 1 Chronicles 26:14. His descendants were still called by his name, but had now a more important charge assigned to them. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:19

1 Chronicles 9:19 . Tabernacle Namely, in time past, when the tabernacle was standing, before the temple was built. Their fathers The Kohathites. Being over the host of the Lord When the Israelites were in the wilderness, encamped in a military manner round about the tabernacle, with whom these were then placed. Keepers of the entry Of the veil by which they entered into the tabernacle; which he calls the entry, because then there were no gates. The meaning is, that all things... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1-34

First group to return to Jerusalem (9:1-34)At the time of writing, the first of the exiles had just returned to Jerusalem, having been given permission by the Persian king Cyrus (2 Chronicles 36:22-23). The writer lists the heads of the families who returned (9:1-9). He points out that priests, Levites and temple servants also returned, to emphasize that the re-establishment of the nation Israel had to be on the basis of the religious order appointed by David before the captivity (10-16).Just... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 9:19

Korahites. The descendants of Korah. Compare Numbers 16:0 ; Numbers 26:9-11 ; and see Psalms 42:0 ; Psalms 44:0 ; Psalms 45:0 ; Psalms 47:0 ; Psalms 48:0 ; Psalms 49:0 ; Psalms 84:0 ; Psalms 85:0 ; Psalms 87:0 ; Psalms 88:0 . gates = thresholds. tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. 'ohel . See App-40 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:1-44

Genealogies (concluded)This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul.1. In the book, etc.] RV ’in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away.. to Babylon.’2. Now the first inhabitants, etc.] This section (1 Chronicles 9:2-34) relates to the reoccupation of Jerusalem after the return from the exile, and appears to be a defective duplicate of Nehemiah 11:3 with some... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 9:19

(19) And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Koran.—Comp. 1 Chronicles 26:1, which makes “Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph” a guild of warders under David.Ebiasaph—“The Father (i.e., God) gathered,” is a fuller form of Asaph, “He gathered.”And his brethren, of the house of his father.—That is, the Korahites, as is immediately explained: his kinsmen belonging to his father-house or clan.The work of the service (of Shallum),—That is, of the guild so called, is... read more