1 Chronicles 9:31 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 9:31

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite ,.... Of whom see 1 Chronicles 9:19 , had the set office over the things that were made in the pans ; the meat offerings that were made in pans; and so had the care of the fine flour, oil, and frankincense used in them, which he delivered to the priests when necessary, see Leviticus 2:5 , the Septuagint version is,"over the works of the sacrifice of the pan of the high priest;'as if it respected... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:31

Mattithiah . The ubiquitous Shallum, that designates the family, not the individual, is probably here quoted, Mattithiah being at the time in question the representative son. The things that were made in the pans . The word here employed ( הַחֲבִתִּים ) is not found elsewhere, but other derivatives of the same root are often found (Le 1 Chronicles 2:5 ; 1 Chronicles 6:21 ; 1 Chronicles 7:9 ; 1 Chronicles 23:29 ; Ezekiel 4:3 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:31

Mattithiah ... the first-born of Shallum the Korahite - This Shallum would seem to be the person mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:19, whose actual first-born was Zechariah 1 Chronicles 26:2. Mattithiah may have been his eldest lineal descendant at the time here spoken of. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:30-31

1 Chronicles 9:30-31. The sons of the priests made the ointment This is added to show, that though the Levites were intrusted with the keeping of this ointment, yet none but the priests could make it. Over the things made in the pans Was to take care that fine flour might be provided, that when occasion required they might make cakes in pans. 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 9:31

in the pans = on the flat plates. 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 9:31

(31) The narrative returns to the functions of the Levites. “And Mattithiah, one of the Levites (he was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite), was (or is) in fixed charge over the making of the pancakes.”Mattithiah . . . firstborn of Shallum the Korahite.—The son of Shallum, or Meshelemiah, is called Zechariah (1 Chronicles 26:2). If Zechariah was the chief branch of Shallum in the days of David, Mattithiah may have been so in the time of the chronicler or of his authority here.Had the set... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1-44

TEACHING BY ANACHRONISM1 Chronicles 9:1-44"And David the king said Who then offereth willingly? And they gave for the service of the house of God ten thousand darics."- 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 1 Chronicles 29:7TEACHING by anachronism is a very common and effective form of religious instruction; and Chronicles, as the best Scriptural example of this method, affords a good opportunity for its discussion and illustration.All history is more or less guilty of anachronism; every... read more