Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
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Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
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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.
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And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked on griddles.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 9:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 9:19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.
- 1 Chronicles 9:22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
- Leviticus 2:5 If your offering is a meal offering made on a griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
- Leviticus 2:7 If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
- Leviticus 6:21 It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17 The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
- 1 Chronicles 9:26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Was to take care that fine flour might…
i.e. Was to take care that fine flour might be provided and kept safely and well, that when occasion required they might make cakes in pans to be offered to the Lord; of which See Poole "Lev 2:5".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,.... Whose…
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,.... Whose name is here mentioned, which is not in Ch1 8:29. Jehiel:
whose wife's name was Maachah; as there, but here called his sister, as a wife sometimes is, Gen 20:2. From hence to the end of the chapter is a repetition of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel; which is made to lead on to and connect the following history of the kings of Judah, begun in this book, and carried on in the next unto the Babylonish captivity, see Ch1 8:29, and the notes there.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The pans - Was to take care that fine…
The pans - Was to take care that fine flour might be provided, that when occasion required they might make cakes in pans.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Mattithiah ... the first-born of Shallum the Korahite -…
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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Pan, to be offered on the altar of holocausts,…
Pan, to be offered on the altar of holocausts, (Leviticus ii. 4., and vii. 12.) or to be eaten by the priests, Ezechiel xlvi. 20. Mathathias was to take care that all this was done with decency, (Calmet) and to look after the utensils.
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).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 31. Things that were made in the pans —…
31. Things that were made in the pans — The meat or bread offerings. See on Lev_2:4-7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31, 32. Other Levitical Duties
31, 32. Other Levitical Duties
31. who was the firstborn of Shallum] In 1Ch_26:2 the firstborn of Meshelemiah (= Shallum) is called Zechariah. Probably Mattithiah and Zechariah represent each a household belonging to an elder branch of the great family of Shallum.
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made in the pans] R.V. baked in pans. Cp. 1Ch_23:29.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) The narrative returns to the functions of the…
(31) The narrative returns to the functions of the Levites. “And Mattithiah, one of the Levites (he was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite), was (or is) in fixed charge over the making of the pancakes.”
Mattithiah . . . firstborn of Shallum the Korahite.—The son of Shallum, or Meshelemiah, is called Zechariah (1Ch_26:2). If Zechariah was the chief branch of Shallum in the days of David, Mattithiah may have been so in the time of the chronicler or of his authority here.
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Had the set office.—In other words, the duty of baking the sacred cakes for the meat offerings was hereditary in this branch of the family of Shallum.
Things that were made in the pans—i.e., “pancakes.” The Hebrew term (hãbittim) occurs here only, but its meaning is fixed by the related word “baking-pan” (Eze_4:3; mahãbath).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Mattithiah. The ubiquitous Shallum, that designates the family, not…
Mattithiah. The ubiquitous Shallum, that designates the family, not the individual, is probably here quoted, Mattithiah being at the time in question the representative son. The things that were made in the pans. The word here employed ( is not found elsewhere, but other derivatives of the same root are often found (Lev_2:5 Lev_6:21; 1Ch_23:29; Eze_4:3)
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