1 Chronicles 26:1 BSB

1 Chronicles 26:1

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

KJV

Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The divisions of the porters - There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to one of the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern, to Zechariah, 1Ch 26:14; the southern, to Obed-edom, 1Ch 26:15; the western, to Shuppim and Hosah, 1Ch 26:16. These several persons were captains of these porter-bands or door-keepers at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from 1Ch 23:5, that there were four thousand in all.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת	le.mach.le.Kot	to divisions	H4256 →
לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים	le.sho.'a.Rim	of gatekeepers	H7778 →
לַקָּרְחִ֕ים	la.ka.re.Chim	of the Korahites	H7145 →
מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ	me.she.lem.Ya.hu	Meshelemiah	H4920 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
קֹרֵ֖א	ko.Re'	Kore	H6981 →
מִן־	min-	one of	H4480 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
אָסָֽף׃	'a.Saf	Asaph	H623 →

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Where the connections lead

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Psalms 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
leads to
- Psalms 78:3–6
  that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Exodus 13:14–15
  In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Joel 1:3
  Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Judges 6:13
  “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the…
Through
Psalms 49:1
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
leads to
- Psalms 78:1
  Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 33:8
  Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
- Matthew 11:15
  He who has ears, let him hear.
- Romans 3:29
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,