1 Chronicles 9:19

“And Shallum the son of Kore, etc.] The same as in (<130917>1 Chronicles 9:17) whose pedigree is traced up to Ebiasaph the son of Korah, (see <020624>Exodus 6:24) and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites; so called, because they descended from Korah: [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, (<040405>Numbers 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…”

“Shallum the son of Kore - A different person from the Shallum of 1 Chronicles 9:17, and with a different office, namely, the guarding the inner doors of the temple. The original Shallum, Shelemaiah, or Meshelemaiah, was a Levite of the time of David 1 Chronicles 26:14. His descendants were still called by his name, but had now a more important charge assigned to them. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Tabernacle - Namely, in time past, when the tabernacle was standing, before the temple was built. Fathers - The Kohathites. Host - When the Israelites were in the wilderness, encamped in a military manner round about the tabernacle, with whom these were then placed. Entry - Of the veil by which they entered into the tabernacle; which he calls the entry because then there were no gates. The meaning is, that all things were now restored to their primitive order; and the several persons took those offices upon them, which their ancestors had before them. 1 Chronicles 9:21”

“Ebiasaph: Ch1 6:22, Ch1 6:23 Korah: Num 26:9-11; Psa 42:1, Psa 44:1, Psa 49:1 \*titles gates: Heb. thresholds, Psa 84:10 \*marg. over the host: Kg2 11:9, Kg2 11:15; Ch2 23:4-10 keepers of the entry: Ch1 26:7, Ch1 26:8, Ch1 26:13-19 1 Chronicles 9:20”