1 Chronicles 9:19
in 1 Chronicles 9Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, 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 Jehovah, keepers of the entry.
KJV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shallum the son of Kore - A different person from the Shallum of 1Ch 9:17, and with a different office, namely, the guarding the inner doors of the temple. The original Shallum, Shelemaiah, or Meshelemaiah, was a Levite of the time of David 1Ch 26:14. His descendants were still called by his name, but had now a more important charge assigned to them.
This site's exposition
Shallum was the chief
on 1 Chronicles 9:17-21
The porters introduced at 9:17, Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman, guarded the king's gate eastward, the entrance David's own kings used to reach the temple, and the office is traced back to Phinehas son of Eleazar, ruler over the gatekeepers in time past, and the LORD was with him. The Korahites named at verse 19 carry a history the name alone recalls: Korah's own rebellion was judged at Num 16, but his sons did not die with him, and their descendants stand here still keeping the gate their ancestor once tried to seize by force. A trust rebellion could not overturn is inherited, one generation guarding what another once wanted to take.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Tabernacle - Namely, in time past, when the tabernacle was standing, before the temple was built. Fathers - The Kohathites. Host - When the Israelites were in the wilderness, encamped in a military manner round about the tabernacle, with whom these were then placed.
And Shallum the son of Kore,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Keepers of the entry - Whose business it was to suffer no person to come to the tabernacle but the priests, during the performance of the sacred service; see Jarchi.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And from here until the king’s gate to the east The meaning of עַד is: from here until a gate named the King’s Gate to the east.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, the Lord being with him [This means] that he prophesied in time past, and our Sages said that this is Phinehas the priest, and because he did not annul Jephthah’s vow, the Shechinah left him.
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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
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׁלּ֣וּם | veshalum | and Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| ק֠וֹרֵא | kore' | Kore | H6981 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶבְיָסָ֨ף | ʾevyasaf | Ebiasaph | H43 → | 3 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קֹ֜רַח | korach | Korah | H7141 → | 26 times |
| וְֽאֶחָ֧יו | veechav | and relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | of [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִ֣יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| הַקָּרְחִ֗ים | hakarechim | the Korahites | H7145 → | 8 times |
| עַ֚ל | ʾal | [were] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מְלֶ֣אכֶת | melekhet | [the] work of | H4399 → | 167 times |
| הָעֲבוֹדָ֔ה | haavodah | the service | H5656 → | 145 times |
| שֹׁמְרֵ֥י | shomerei | [the] keepers of | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַסִּפִּ֖ים | hasipim | the thresholds | H5592 → | |
| לָאֹ֑הֶל | laohel | of the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| וַאֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ | vaavoteihem | and ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [had been] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֣ה | machaneh | [the] camp of | H4264 → | 215 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שֹׁמְרֵ֖י | shomerei | [the] keepers of | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַמָּבֽוֹא׃ | hamavo' | the entrance | H3996 → |
וְשַׁלּ֣וּםand Shallum
veshalumH7967 →27 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
ק֠וֹרֵאKore
kore'H6981 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֶבְיָסָ֨ףEbiasaph
ʾevyasafH43 →3 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
קֹ֜רַחKorah
korachH7141 →26 times
וְֽאֶחָ֧יוand relatives his
veechavH251 →630 times
לְבֵית־of [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
אָבִ֣יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
הַקָּרְחִ֗יםthe Korahites
hakarechimH7145 →8 times
עַ֚ל[were] over
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
מְלֶ֣אכֶת[the] work of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
הָעֲבוֹדָ֔הthe service
haavodahH5656 →145 times
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י[the] keepers of
shomereiH8104 →468 times
הַסִּפִּ֖יםthe thresholds
hasipimH5592 →
לָאֹ֑הֶלof the tent
laohelH168 →345 times
וַאֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙and ancestors their
vaavoteihemH1 →1212 times
עַל־[had been] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מַחֲנֵ֣ה[the] camp of
machanehH4264 →215 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י[the] keepers of
shomereiH8104 →468 times
הַמָּבֽוֹא׃the entrance
hamavo'H3996 →
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.
- 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.
- Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
- Matthew 28:19–20
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
- Psalms 78:1
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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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.