Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 9:25
And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.
25. which were in their villages ] R.V. in their villages. No special villages inhabited by porters are mentioned, but perhaps porters as well as singers dwelt in the “villages of the Netophathites” (1Ch 9:16; Neh 12:28, R.V.).
after seven days ] R.V. every seven days.
with them ] R.V. to be with them.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Neh 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1Ch 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
From their several villages to the place of worship.
After seven days: every sabbath or seventh day the courses were changed, and the new comers were to tarry till the next sabbath day. See 2Ki 11:5,7,9.
With them, i.e. to be with them, i.e. with the chief porters, who always abode in the place of Gods worship, and to minister to them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And their brethren, which were in their villages,…. Assigned them to dwell in:
were to come after seven days from time to time with them; there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old course retired to theirs.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) And their brethren, which were in their villages.The families of the Temple warders, like those of the singers, lived on their farms in the villages round Jerusalem, and came up for their duties in weekly rotation (1Ch. 9:16; Neh. 12:29).
After seven days.Every seventh day; that is, on the Sabbath, when each class entered on its duties.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 9:25-26. And their brethren, &c. And their brethren were in their villages, that they might come at set times after seven days; for they had their stated turns; 1Ch 9:26 and with these were four chief porters, Levites, who were over, &c. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
seven: 2Ki 11:5, 2Ki 11:7, 2Ch 23:8
Reciprocal: 1Ch 9:22 – in their 1Ch 24:19 – the orderings Luk 1:23 – the days
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 9:25. Their brethren were to come From their several villages to the place of worship. After seven days Every seventh day the courses were changed, and the new-comers were to tarry till the next sabbath day. From time to time with them To be with them, with the chief porters, who always abode in the place of Gods worship.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
9:25 And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after {g} seven days from time to time with them.
(g) They served weekly, as in Exo 29:30.