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1 Chronicles 9:31

in 1 Chronicles 9

A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

KJV

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Mattithiah ... the first-born of Shallum the Korahite - This Shallum would seem to be the person mentioned in 1Ch 9:19, whose actual first-born was Zechariah 1Ch 26:2. Mattithiah may have been his eldest lineal descendant at the time here spoken of.

This site's exposition

bring them in and out by tale

on 1 Chronicles 9:28-34

Duties divide by trust rather than rank: some Levites count the ministering vessels in and out by tale, others oversee the sanctuary's instruments, flour, wine, oil, frankincense and spices, and only the sons of the priests may make the anointing ointment itself, a restriction Ex 30:34-38 sets by name. Verse 32 adds the Kohathites' weekly charge of the showbread, prepared fresh every sabbath for the table before the ark, and verse 33 sets the singers apart from every other duty, free because they were employed in that work day and night. The gatekeepers guard entry, the priests guard the ointment, and the singers guard the hours, three trusts inside one house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite,....

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּמַתִּתְיָה֙and Mattithiah

    umatityahH49938 times

  • מִן־one of

    min-H44801188 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881291 times

  • ה֥וּאhe

    hu'H19311879 times

  • הַבְּכ֖וֹר[was] the firstborn

    habekhorH1060122 times

  • לְשַׁלֻּ֣םof Shallum

    leshalumH796727 times

  • הַקָּרְחִ֑יthe Korahite

    hakarechiH71458 times

  • בֶּאֱמוּנָ֕הin faithfulness

    beemunahH53049 times

  • עַ֖ל[was] over

    ʾalH59215755 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה[the] work of

    maasehH4639

  • הַחֲבִתִּֽים׃the flat cakes

    hachavitimH2281

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 6:21

    It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 7:9

      Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 2:5

      If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 9:22

    The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 9:9

      (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)

    • 1 Chronicles 23:1–32

      When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

    • 1 Chronicles 28:13

      for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 9:17

    These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 26:1–32

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

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 9:19

    Shallum 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…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:9–11

      and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the…

    • 1 Chronicles 6:22–23

      The descendants of Kohath:

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).