Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 26:4
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
4. Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were] R.V. And Obed-edom had sons. For Obed-edom see 1Ch 13:13, note.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Obed-edom and Hosah 1Ch 26:10 had been porters, or door – keepers, from the time of the bringing up of the ark into Jerusalem 1Ch 15:24; 1Ch 16:38.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Ver. 4,5. Moreover, the sons of Obededom,…. The same at whose house the ark was, before it was brought by David to Zion; his sons were porters also, as himself, 1Ch 15:24, mention is made of eight sons of his, according to their birth:
Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethaneel, Ammiel, Issachar, Peulthai; for God blessed him; as with wealth and riches, so with a numerous offspring, and that because of his entertainment of the ark at his house; the great increase of his family is aggravated by the Jews q beyond all credit, that all in his family brought eight at a birth; the Targum here makes them eighty two in all.
q Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2. Reg. fol. 77. M.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Obed-edom’s family. Obed-edom has been already mentioned in 1Ch 16:38 and 1Ch 15:24 as doorkeeper; see the commentary on the passage. From our passage we learn that Obed-edom belonged to the Kohathite family of the Korahites. According to 1Ch 26:19, the doorkeepers were Korahites and Merarites. The Merarites, however, are only treated of from 1Ch 26:10 and onwards. (1Ch 26:4) corresponds to (1Ch 26:2), and is consequently thereby brought under (1Ch 26:1). Here, 1Ch 26:4, 1Ch 26:5, eight sons with whom God had blessed him (cf. 1Ch 13:14), and in 1Ch 26:6 and 1Ch 26:7 his grandchildren, are enumerated. The verb is used in the singular, with a subject following in the plural, as frequently (cf. Ew. 316, a). The grandchildren of Obed-edom by his first-born son Shemaiah are characterized as , the dominions, i.e., the lords (rulers) of the house of their fathers ( , the abstract dominion, for the concrete ; cf. Ew. 160, b), because they were , valiant heroes, and so qualified for the office of doorkeepers. In the enumeration in 1Ch 26:7, the omission of the cop. with is strange; probably we must supply before both words, and take them thus: And Elzabad and his brethren, valiant men, (viz.) Elihu and Semachiah. For the conjecture that the names of the are not given (Berth.) is not a very probable one.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(4) Moreover the sons of Obed-edom.And Obed-edom had sons. Obed-edom (1Ch. 15:24) is called a son of Jeduthun in 1Ch. 16:38. This Jeduthun was not the Merarite chief musician, but a Korhite. (Comp. 1Ch. 26:1; 1Ch. 26:10; 1Ch. 26:19.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Obededom: 1Ch 15:18, 1Ch 15:21, 1Ch 15:24, 1Ch 16:5, 1Ch 16:38
Reciprocal: Gen 48:9 – my sons 2Sa 6:10 – Obededom 1Ch 13:13 – Obededom