1 Chronicles 9:30-40

30 Some of ¹the 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 ²the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans.

32 Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites ³were over the showbread * to prepare it every sabbath.

33 Now these are ⁴the singers, heads of fathers' households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged ⁵in 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 ⁶In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah,

36 and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth.

38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

39 ⁷Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

1 Chronicles 9:30-40 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 30:23-25
• 2. 1 Chronicles 9:22
• 3. Leviticus 24:5-8
• 4. 1 Chronicles 6:31-47; 1 Chronicles 25:1
• 5. Psalms 134:1
• 6. 1 Chronicles 8:29-32
• 7. 1 Chronicles 8:33-38

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "office of trust"
• [b] Lit "over them in the work"
• [c] Lit "these"