The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
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The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
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And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
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And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;
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- 1 Chronicles 26:1-32 For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh. Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom. Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen. Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief), Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in Yahweh’s house. They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse. To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman. Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two. For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things. The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house. Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated. They dedicated some of the plunder won in battles to repair Yahweh’s house. All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers. Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king. Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ households. They were sought for in the fortieth year of the reign of David, and mighty men of valor were found among them at Jazer of Gilead. His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
- Nehemiah 11:19 Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 9:17 And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub,…
1Ch 9:17 And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;
Ver. 17. Shallum was the chief.] He was overseer of the overseers of the porters.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Porters; whose office it was to keep all the…
Porters; whose office it was to keep all the gates of the temple, that no unclean person or thing might enter into it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Shallum the son of Kore,.... The same as…
And Shallum the son of Kore,.... The same as in Ch1 9:17 whose pedigree is traced up to Ebiasaph the son of Korah, see Exo 6:24.
and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites; so called, because they descended from Korah:
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were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; until the temple was built:
and their fathers being over the host of the Lord; the Levites, who were the Lord's army, and whose service is represented as a warfare, Num 4:5.
were keepers of the entry; into the tabernacle, that none might enter that were impure; or into the court of the priests, excepting priests; or into the holiest of all, as Kimchi suggests.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Porters - Whose office it was to keep all…
Porters - Whose office it was to keep all the gates of the temple, that no unclean person or thing might enter into it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sellum had the superintendency over all the porters. (Haydock)…
Sellum had the superintendency over all the porters. (Haydock) --- He was also at the head of one of the four bands which guarded the doors, east, west, north, and south of the temple, with various apartments, ver. 26. (Calmet) --- Brother. Hebrew, "brethren," or bands. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17–27 (cp. Neh_11:19; 1Ch_26:1-19). Organisation and Duties of the…
17–27 (cp. Neh_11:19; 1Ch_26:1-19). Organisation and Duties of the Porters (Doorkeepers)
17. porters] Render, doorkeepers as in 1Ch_16:38 and 1Ch_26:1 (R.V.). In Solomon’s Temple there were “keepers of the threshold,” three in number (2Ki_25:18), priests in rank (ibid. 1Ch_12:9).
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Shallum … Ahiman] These two names are absent from Neh_11:19 together with the clause Shallum was the chief. This omission of all reference to Shallum must be accidental.
Shallum, Akkub and Talmon] The three names represent families, not individuals; cp. Ezr_2:41 = Neh_7:45, where the fuller form is given, the children of Shallum, … the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub.… These names persist in the five lists of porters which refer to post-exilic times; Ezr_2:42 = Neh_7:45; Neh_11:19 = 1Ch_9:17 (Shallum is to be supplied in Neh. from Chron.); Neh_12:5 (Meshullam = Shallum). When however the reference is to the days of David the prominent names are Meshelemiah = Shelemiah (= Shallum?), Obed-edom, and Hosah; 1Ch_15:18; 1Ch_15:24; 1Ch_16:38; 1Ch_26:1; 1Ch_26:4; 1Ch_26:10.
Ahiman] Elsewhere in the O.T. this name occurs only among the names of the sons of Anak, and it is probable that the Chronicler (or some scribe) made here an error of transcription, and that Ahiman has arisen from the word aheihem “their brethren” which follows.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and…
(17) And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman.—Comp. Neh_11:18-19, which sums up thus: “All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.” Shallum does not appear.
Ahiman may have originated out of the following:
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Their brethren.—Heb., aheihem. Comp. also Neh_12:25-26, where we are told that (Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah and) Meshullam (i.e., Shallum), Talmon, and Akkub were porters keeping ward at the storehouses of the Temple gates, in the times of Joiakim son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and of Nehemiah and Ezra. It is clear that the names of the porters likewise represent families or guilds, which had hereditary charge of the Temple gates. In fact, all the Levitical functions appear to have descended in the same families from father to son, like the various civil offices in the Roman empire; and tradition ascribed the entire arrangement to David, the second founder of the national worship. At this point the correspondence with Nehemiah 11 ceases.
Shallum was the chief.—This really belongs to 1Ch_9:18, and introduces a description of the duties of the Levites, which extends over 1Ch_9:18-34. Translate, Shallum is the chief even unto this day in the king’s gate, on the east side. Shallum (“recompense”) is called “Shelemiah” (1Ch_26:14), which, again, is a curtailment of Meshelemiah (“Jah recompenseth”), 1Ch_26:1; 1Ch_9:21 infra. The fact that Shallum—Meshelemiah—is spoken of as warder in David’s day as well as in the post-exilic age, proves that a guild or clan, not an individual, is in question. The eastern gate was the post of honour (Eze_46:1-2), and the royal entry. The old name of the King’s Gate would naturally be retained in the restored Temple.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The porters here are those who had charge of…
The porters here are those who had charge of the entrances to the sanctuary. The word employed (revo) is used, however, generally of gate or door keepers (2Sa_17:26; Joh_10:3; Mar_13:3, 4; Joh_18:16) Their number, stated in ver. 22 as two hundred and twelve, is probably corrected in Neh_11:19 to one hundred and seventy-two, made up of twenty-four for every week, (1Ch_26:17, 1Ch_26:18) "entering on the sabbath" upon their work, (2Ki_11:5 2Ch_23:4) in rotation for seven weeks, and the four "chief warders." For the five porters here mentioned there are only two mentioned in Neh_11:19, and neither of those Shallum, the chief. But see also Ezr_2:42; Neh_7:45.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The doorkeepers were
The doorkeepers were
"The guards were" or "The gatekeepers were"
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Shallum ... Akkub ... Talmon ... Ahiman ... Kore ... Ebiasaph
These are all the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
they stood guard at the king's gate on the east side for the camp of Levi's descendants
"Levi's descendants guarded the king's gate on the east side of their camp"
Korahites
descendants of Korah (See: How to Translate Names)
the door to the tent ... the entrance
These phrases both refer to the entrance of the tent of meeting, or the tabernacle.
the tent
This is a metonym for the second temple, which the people built after they returned from Babylon. (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
descend
king
gate
Korah
ancestor
tent
Yahweh
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