Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 9:26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
26. For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office ] R.V. For the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in a set office. It seems from this passage (and also from the structure of this chapter; cp. 1Ch 9:10; 1Ch 14:17) that the doorkeepers were not, as a body, Levites. Their leaders however, being Levites, were placed in positions of greater trust; cp. 1Ch 26:20-28. In 2Ch 34:9 Levites appear exercising the duties of doorkeepers, but this does not prove that all doorkeepers were Levites.
chambers ] i.e. store-chambers in which tithes and sacred vessels were kept; cp. 2Ch 31:5; 2Ch 31:11-12; Neh 13:4-9. The chambers were probably built as outbuildings round the Court of the Temple; cp. 1Ch 23:28 ; 1Ch 28:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Rather, For the four chief porters, who were themselves Levites, were in trust, who also had the charge of the chambers, etc. A contrast seems intended between the four chief porters, whose charge was constant, and the remainder, who kept watch by turns.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Were in their set office, i. e. these were constantly upon the place, and in the execution of their office, that so they might oversee and direct the inferior porters in their work. Or, as others render the words, agreeably to the Hebrew text, For these (i.e. their brethren, 1Ch 9:25) were under the charge, or committed to the trust of the
four chief porters, who also were Levites, as their brethren were; whereas the chief of all of them was a priest. Either way these words contain a reason of what was said, 1Ch 9:25, why the rest were to come to these, and to be with them.
Treasuries; in which the sacred utensils, and other treasures belonging to the temple, were kept.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,…. The four chief porters who were over all the two hundred and twelve, and had one over them, 1Ch 9:17, these were never changed, nor went into the country villages; but were always upon the spot, and in their office, superintending the rest:
and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God; see
1Ch 26:20.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office.The Heb. says, or seems to say, For in fixed position (or trust) were they, viz., the four heroes of the warders. (See 1Ch. 9:17 which apparently names four chief porters.) The temporary chiefs of the warder guilds abode in the Temple; the mass of their members was settled in the neighbouring villages, and occupied with pastoral pursuits.
And were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.This statement belongs to the following verse. The preceding account of the porters or warders seems to terminate with the words. For in fixed position are they, the four stalwart warders; they are the Levites; that is, the Levites par excellence. And they were over the cells and over the treasuries of the house of God (viz., the warders); and they used to pass the night (1Ch. 9:27) in the places round the house of God, for upon them was the ward, and they were over the opening (key) every morninga brief recapitulation of the main duty of the Levitical warders. Some have proposed to alter the text of 1Ch. 9:26 b, and to read, And some of the Levites were over the cells, &c, thus constituting a new paragraph, although 1Ch. 9:27 obviously recurs to the warders. Probably the paragraph mark should be transferred to 1Ch. 9:28. From this point to 1Ch. 9:34 we have a review of the other special charges of the Levites.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
chief. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint and Syriac, read “mighty men of the gates”.
set office = trust.
chambers = = storehouses.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
chambers
i.e. storehouses.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
set office: or, trust
chambers: or, storehouses, treasuries. 1Ch 26:20-27, 2Ch 31:5-12, Neh 10:38, Neh 10:39, Neh 13:5
Reciprocal: 1Ki 6:5 – built 1Ch 9:22 – set office 1Ch 9:31 – set office 1Ch 28:11 – the treasuries Neh 12:44 – chambers Jer 35:2 – into one Eze 40:7 – General Eze 40:17 – there were Eze 45:5 – for a possession Joh 8:20 – in the treasury
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 9:26-27. These Levites were in their set office These were constantly upon the place, in the execution of their office, that they might oversee the inferior porters in their work. Were over the treasuries In which the sacred utensils, and other treasures belonging to the temple, were kept. They lodged round about the house of God They were not permitted to dwell in the villages as their brethren were, but were obliged to constant residence in the place, because their office required it.