Verse 5
5. Herod—(See on :-).
course of Abia—or Abijah; the eighth of the twenty-four orders of courses into which David divided the priests (see 1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 24:10). Of these courses only four returned after the captivity (1 Chronicles 24:10- :), which were again subdivided into twenty-four—retaining the ancient name and order of each. They took the whole temple service for a week each.
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron—The priests might marry into any tribe, but "it was most commendable of all to marry one of the priests' line" [LIGHTFOOT].
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