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1 Chronicles 26:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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Quick Meaning
Opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 26:1–26:12
Opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line. Read 1 Chronicles 26:1 within 26:1–26:12. The complete unit records: Korahite and Merarite gatekeeper families include Obed-edom's blessed household, capable sons, and Hosah's non-firstborn chief before their service divisions are summarized.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The rota begins with family memory but also permits a younger son to be appointed chief. In this exact position, the line beginning “Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of…” opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line.
Follow the Context
- Korahite and Merarite gatekeeper families include Obed-edom's blessed household, capable sons, and Hosah's non-firstborn chief before their service divisions are summarized.
- The rota begins with family memory but also permits a younger son to be appointed chief.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of…”
In plain language: Opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line.
The line beginning “Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of…” opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Strength and birth order do not determine human worth, and gatekeeping does not authorize abusive exclusion or inherited security power.
What Remains True
Opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Worship requires ordered, truthful, skilled, and accountable service, while sacred office, beauty, or scale never determines a person's worth.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line, keep it inside 26:1–26:12, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 26:1 opens the Korahite gatekeeper divisions with Meshelemiah of Asaph's line. Use 26:1–26:12, paraphrase “Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Chronicles 26:1–26:12 — Gatekeeping houses are counted for strength and serviceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
1 Chronicles 26:1 remains within this thought-unit limit: The received text clearly assigns roles, while the history, date, development, and relation of these orders to Torah, Samuel-Kings, Ezra-Nehemiah, Psalms, and later practice remain debated.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 26:1–26:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 26:1–26:12
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 26:1–26:12, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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