King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 26:9 Mean?
“And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen .”
Context
7
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
9
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen .
10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen .
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(9) **And Meshelemiah.**—This goes back to 1Chronicles 26:2, and forms a kind of supplement to the statement there. The Korhite (*Kohathite*) porters make a total of 80 families; viz., 62 of Obed-edom, and 18 of Meshelemiah.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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