1 Chronicles 9:10-34

10 ¹From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,

11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, ²the chief officer of the house of God;

12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

13 and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760 * * * very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 ³Of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,

16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

18 being stationed until now at ⁴the king's gate to the east ). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

20 ⁵Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and the LORD was with him.

21 ⁶Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting.

22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212 * *. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, ⁷whom David and Samuel the seer appointed ⁸in their office of trust.

23 So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.

24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.

25 Their relatives in their villages ⁹were 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, ¹⁰because 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 ¹¹over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

30 Some of ¹²the 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 ¹³the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans.

32 Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites ¹⁴were over the showbread * to prepare it every sabbath.

33 Now these are ¹⁵the singers, heads of fathers' households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged ¹⁶in 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.

1 Chronicles 9:10-34 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. Nehemiah 11:10-14
• 2. Jeremiah 20:1
• 3. Nehemiah 11:15-19
• 4. Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1, 2
• 5. Numbers 25:7-13
• 6. 1 Chronicles 26:2, 14
• 7. 1 Chronicles 26:1
• 8. 2 Chronicles 31:15, 18
• 9. 2 Kings 11:5, 7; 2 Chronicles 23:8
• 10. 1 Chronicles 23:30-32
• 11. 1 Chronicles 23:29
• 12. Exodus 30:23-25
• 13. 1 Chronicles 9:22
• 14. Leviticus 24:5-8
• 15. 1 Chronicles 6:31-47; 1 Chronicles 25:1
• 16. Psalms 134:1

Footnotes

• [a]. In Neh 11:11, "Seraiah"
• [b]. In Neh 11:17, "Zabdi"
• [c]. In Neh 11:17, "Abda"
• [d]. In Neh 11:17, "Shammua"
• [e]. In v 21, "Meshelemiah;" in 26:14, "Shelemiah;" in Neh 12:25, "Meshullam"
• [f]. In Ex 6:24, "Abiasaph"
• [g]. Lit were "over the gates"
• [h]. Lit "to the four winds"
• [i]. Lit "these"
• [j]. Lit "on them"
• [k]. Lit "over the opening"
• [l]. Lit "were over the"
• [m]. Lit "by count they brought them in and by count they took them out"
• [n]. Lit "office of trust"
• [o]. Lit "over them in the work"
• [p]. Lit "these"