1 Chronicles 26:1

“Concerning the divisions of the porters, etc.] Or doorkeepers, whose business it was to open and shut the doors of the temple, to keep all impure and improper persons from entering into it, or any of the vessels being carried out of it, and to prevent tumults and riots about it; these, as it seems, David divided into a like number of classes, as the singers, to take their turns in waiting: of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; not Asaph the singer, who was a Gershonite, but the same with Eliasaph, (<130623>1 Chronicles 6:23,27) a Korhite. Ver. 2, 3. And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, etc.] And six more, who are mentioned in their…”

“DIVISIONS OF THE PORTERS. (Ch1 26:1-12) Concerning the divisions of the porters--There were four thousand (Ch1 23:6), all taken from the families of the Kohathites and Merarites (Ch1 26:14), divided into twenty-four courses--as the priests and musicians. Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph--Seven sons of Meshelemiah are mentioned (Ch1 26:2), whereas eighteen are given (Ch1 26:9), but in this latter number his relatives are included.”

“The porters - See 1Ch 9:17-27; 1 Chronicles 23:5. return to 'Top of Page'”

“26:1 The first ancestor of the gatekeepers was Meshelemiah (called “Shallum” in Ezra 2:42; “Meshullam” in Neh 12:25).”

“the divisions: There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to Zechariah ( Ch1 26:14); the southern to Obed-edom ( Ch1 26:15); and the western to Shuppim and Hosah ( Ch1 26:16). These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from Ch1 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand. the porters: Ch1 9:17-27, Ch1 15:18, Ch1 15:23, Ch1 15:24; Ch2 23:19 Korhites: Num 26:9-11; Psa 44:1, Psa 49:1 \*titles Meshelemiah: שׁלמיה…”

“The classes of the doorkeepers, the stewards of the treasures of the sanctuary, and the officers for the external business. - Vv. 1-19. The classes of the doorkeepers. Ch1 26:1. The superscription runs shortly thus: "As to (ל) the divisions of the doorkeepers." The enumeration beings with לקרחים: to the Korahites (belongs) Meshelemiah (in Ch1 26:14, Shelemiah). Instead of אסף מן־בּני we should read, according to Ch1 9:19, אביסף מן־בּני, for the Korahites are descended from Kohath ( Exo 6:21; Exo 18:16), but Asaph is a descendant of Gershon ( Ch1 6:39.). \- In Ch1 26:2, Ch1 26:3, seven sons of Meshelemiah are enumerated; the first-born Zechariah is mentioned also in Ch1 9:21, and was…”