1 Chronicles 9:25-35

25 Their relatives in their villages ¹were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

26 for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

27 They spent the night around the house of God, ²because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.

28 Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

29 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and ³over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

30 Some of ⁴the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.

31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had ⁵the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans.

32 Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites ⁶were over the showbread * to prepare it every sabbath.

33 Now these are ⁷the singers, heads of fathers' households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged ⁸in their work day and night.

34 These were heads of fathers' households of the Levites according to their generations, chief men, who lived in Jerusalem.

Ancestry and Descendants of Saul

35 ⁹In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah,

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1 Chronicles 9:25-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. 2 Kings 11:5, 7; 2 Chronicles 23:8
2. 1 Chronicles 23:30-32
3. 1 Chronicles 23:29
4. Exodus 30:23-25
5. 1 Chronicles 9:22
6. Leviticus 24:5-8
7. 1 Chronicles 6:31-47; 1 Chronicles 25:1
8. Psalms 134:1
9. 1 Chronicles 8:29-32

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "these"
[b]. Lit "on them"
[c]. Lit "over the opening"
[d]. Lit "were over the"
[e]. Lit "by count they brought them in and by count they took them out"
[f]. Lit "office of trust"
[g]. Lit "over them in the work"
[h]. Lit "these"