Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 26:19
These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
19. These Merari ] R.V. These were the courses of the door-keepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The divisions of the porters – The account of the porters here given makes them only twenty-four in number at any one time; 1Ch 23:5 states that the duty was discharged by 4,000 persons. Perhaps of the 93 chief porters here spoken of 1Ch 26:8-9, 1Ch 26:11, 1Ch 26:24 were always on guard as officers, while of the remaining 3,907, a certain proportion were each day on duty as their subordinates.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
17-19. Eastward were sixLevitesbecause the gate there was the most frequented. Therewere four at the north gate; four at the south, at the storehousewhich was adjoining the south, and which had two entrance gates, oneleading in a southwesterly direction to the city, and the otherdirect west, two porters each. At the Parbar towards the west, therewere six men postedfour at the causeway or ascent (1Ch26:16), and two at Parbar, amounting to twenty-four in all, whowere kept daily on guard.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. For among those Levites which descended from Kore, a grandson of Kohath, and which sprung from Merar, a brother of Kohath, the porters only wore; see 1Ch 26:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) These are the divisions of the porters.These are the courses of the porters, belonging to the sons of the Korhite, and to the sons of Merari. This concluding remark proves that only the Kohathite and Merarite divisions of Levi had part in the duty of Temple-warders. The Gershonites were not represented among the porters (see 1Ch. 26:1; 1Ch. 26:10).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Kore: Kore, or rather, Korhi, [Strong’s H7145], is essentially the same with [Strong’s H7141], Korah, merely having a paragogic , yood. Num 16:11, Korah