1 Chronicles 26:9-19

9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, 18 * valiant men.
10 Also 1Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first ),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13 *.
12 To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the LORD.
13 2They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.
14 The lot to the east fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.
15 For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.
16 For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
17 On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two.
18 At the 3Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar.
19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.

1 Chronicles 26:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 26

In this chapter we have a further account of the disposition and distribution of the Levites, to serve in other offices, as of porters at the several gates of the temple, for which they cast lots, 1Ch 26:1-19 of others, as over the treasures of the house of the Lord, 1Ch 26:20-28, and of others that were appointed judges in the land, to administer justice to the people, 1Ch 26:29-32.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 16:38
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 24:5, 31; 1 Chronicles 25:8
  • 3. 2 Kings 23:11

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. In 9:17, "Shallum"
  • [b]. Possibly "court" or "colonnade"
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