Chapter 9
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
A. M. 2804, etc. B.C. 1200, etc. all Israel
Ezra 2:59,62,63 Nehemiah 7:5,64 Matthew 1:1-16 Luke 3:28-38
carried
2 Chronicles 33:11 36:9,10,18-20 Jeremiah 39:9 52:14,15 Daniel 1:2
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
A. M. 3468. B.C. 536. the first
the Nethinims
Joshua 9:21-27 Ezra 2:43,58 8:20 Nehemiah 7:60,73 11:3,21
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
Jerusalem
of the children of Ephraim
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
Bani
Pharez
2:5 4:1 Genesis 46:12 Numbers 26:20 Nehemiah 11:4,6
Perez
Verse 5
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
Shilonites
Shelanites
Shiloni
Verse 6
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
Zerah
Zarah
And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
Sallu
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
Jehoiarib
Joiarib
Verse 11
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
Azariah
Seraiah
the ruler.
24:5 Numbers 4:15,16,28,33 2 Kings 23:4 25:18 Nehemiah 11:11 Acts 5:24,26
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
Meshillemith
Meshillemoth
Immer.
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
very able men
Heb. mighty men of valour.
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
Shemaiah
Hashabiah
of the sons
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
Mattaniah
Micha
Zichri
Zaccur
Zabdi
Zaccur
Verse 16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
Obadiah
Abda
Shammua.
the sons of Jeduthun
Netophathites
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
the porters
Shallum
Verse 18
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
Who hitherto waited
The original is we‰d hennah, which Houbigant and Dr. Geddes consider as a proper name, and render, "And Adanah was over the eastern gate, called the king's;" i.e., the gate by which the kings of Judah went to the temple. The list is here nearly the same with those found in Ezra and Nehemiah, and contains those who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel: but the list in Nehemiah is more ample, probably because it contains those who came afterwards; the object of the sacred writer here being to give the names of those who came first, (ver. 2.) These consisted of men belonging not only to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, but to many of the other tribes of Israel, who took advantage of the proclamation of Cyrus to return to Jerusalem. Properly speaking, the divisions mentioned here constituted the whole of the Israelitish people, who were divided into priests, Levites, common Israelites, and Nethinims.
the king's
1 Kings 10:5 2 Kings 11:19 Ezekiel 44:2,3 46:1,2 Acts 3:11
they
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.
Ebiasaph
Korah
Numbers 26:9-11 Psalms 42:1 44:1 49:1 *titles
gates
Heb. thresholds.
Psalms 84:10 *marg:
over the host
2 Kings 11:9,15 2 Chronicles 23:4-10
keepers of the entry
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Phinehas
the Lord
Numbers 25:11-13 1 Samuel 16:18 Acts 7:9,10
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Zechariah
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
in their
16,25 Nehemiah 11:25-30,36 12:28,29,44
David
Samuel
did ordain
Heb. founded. set office. or, trust.
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
the oversight
23:32 2 Chronicles 23:19 Nehemiah 12:45 Ezekiel 44:10,11,14
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
four
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
seven
2 Kings 11:5,7 2 Chronicles 23:8
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
set office
or, trust. chambers. or, storehouses. treasuries.
26:20-27 2 Chronicles 31:5-12 Nehemiah 10:38,39 13:5
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
the charge
the opening
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
the charge
26:22-26 Numbers 23:25-27 Ezra 8:25-30 Nehemiah 12:44 13:4,5
bring them in and out
Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out.
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
instruments
or, vessels. the oil.
the frankincense
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
of the sons
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.
Shallum
set office
or, trust.
in the pans
or, on flat plates, or slices.
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
the sons
shewbread
Heb. bread of ordering. to.
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
the singers
6:31-33 15:16-22 16:4-6 25:1-31 Ezra 7:24
were free
they, etc
Heb. upon them. employed. A number of Levites were employed by rotation in singing the praises of Jehovah; and they seem to have continued the service day and night: see the References.
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
chief fathers
Jerusalem
We have already seen the situation and extent of this ancient city, (Note on 8:28;) but the Jerusalem of sacred history is no more. After having been successively destroyed by the Babylonians and Romans, and taken by the Saracens, Crusaders, and Turks, in the possession of the latter of whom it still continues, not a vestige remains of the capital of David and Solomon, not a monument of Jewish times is standing. The very course of the walls is changed, and the boundaries of the ancient city are become doubtful. The monks pretend to shew the sites of the sacred places; but they have not the slightest pretensions to even a probable identity with the real places. The Jerusalem that now is, however, called by the Arabs El Kouds, or "the holy city," is still a respectable, good-looking town, of an irregular shape: it is surrounded by high embattled walls, enclosing an area not exceeding two miles and a half, and occupying two small hills, having the valley of Jehoshaphat on the east, the valley of Siloam and Gehinnom on the south, and the valley of Rephaim on the west; and containing a population variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 souls.
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
A. M. 2804, etc. B.C. 1200, etc. in Gibeon
the father
whose
Some editions read achatho, "his sister;" but in the parallel place ch. 8:29, it is ishto, "his wife," which is also the reading of the LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac here, and is undoubtedly the true reading. This repetition of part of Bemjamin's genealogy seems to have been intended merely as an introduction to the ensuing history.
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
Kish
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
Zechariah
Zacher is merely an abbreviation of Zechariah, by the omission of Jah or Yah, one of the names of God.
Zacher
Verse 38
And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
Shimeam
Shimeam seems to be a mistake for Shimeah; the only difference being [MÍm] mem final, and [HÍ] hay; and the LXX. in both places read [Samaa] Sama‰.
Shimeah
Verse 39
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
Ner
and Saul
Ishui
Eshbaal
And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
Merib-baal
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
Ahaz
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
begat Jarah
Jarah seems also to be a mistake for Jehoadah, as the LXX. read uniformly [~Iada~] Iada.
Jehoadah
Verse 43
And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
Rephaiah
Rapha is merely a contracted form of Rephaiah.
Rapha
Verse 44
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.