1 Chronicles 26:1
in 1 Chronicles 26These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe 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.
This site's exposition
Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah
on 1 Chronicles 26:1-3
The porters open with the Korhites, the family descended from Korah, whose rebellion against Moses in Numbers 16 destroyed the man but not his sons, as Numbers 26:11 states directly, the children of Korah died not. Meshelemiah heads a house of seven named sons, counted the way Chronicles counts gatekeepers, singers and priests alike, as holders of an accountable office rather than an anonymous labor pool. The sons of Korah also lend their name to a cluster of psalms, so this one family serves the sanctuary in more than a single capacity across the Old Testament record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Concerning the divisions of the porters,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The porters - See 1Ch 9:17-27; 1Ch 23:5.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Of the divisions of the gate sentries: of the Korahites They do not rotate, but they distributed them according to the gates, and they later cast lots [to determine] who would serve at this gate and who at another gate. In this way it is explained further (verses 13-19).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת | lemachlekot | to divisions | H4256 → | 42 times |
| לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים | leshoarim | of gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| לַקָּרְחִ֕ים | lakarechim | of the Korahites | H7145 → | 8 times |
| מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ | meshelemyahu | Meshelemiah | H4920 → | 4 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קֹרֵ֖א | kore' | Kore | H6981 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | one of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָסָֽף׃ | ʾasaf | Asaph | H623 → | 34 times |
לְמַחְלְק֖וֹתto divisions
lemachlekotH4256 →42 times
לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑יםof gatekeepers
leshoarimH7778 →37 times
לַקָּרְחִ֕יםof the Korahites
lakarechimH7145 →8 times
מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּMeshelemiah
meshelemyahuH4920 →4 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
קֹרֵ֖אKore
kore'H6981 →
מִן־one of
min-H4480 →1188 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָסָֽף׃Asaph
ʾasafH623 →34 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
it 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…
- Psalms 78:3–6
Through
Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
it 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,
- Psalms 78:1
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.