1 Chronicles 9:19

19 Shallum the son of Kore, son of ¹Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the ²Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

1 Chronicles 9:19 Meaning and 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 as a warfare, ( Numbers 4:5 )

[were] keepers of the entry;
into the tabernacle, that none might enter that were impure; or into the court of the priests, excepting priests; or into the holiest of all, as Kimchi suggests.

1 Chronicles 9:19 In-Context

17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);

18 until then they were in the king's gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.

19 Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the LORD was with him.

21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Cross References

• 1. [1 Chronicles 26:1]
• 2. 1 Chronicles 12:6; Numbers 26:58; 2 Chronicles 20:19