1 Chronicles 9:21

And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Interpretation

This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of memory and worship in 1 Chronicles.

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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 9:19-21.

Tabernacle Object: (1. ) A house or dwelling-place ( Job 5:24 ; 18:6 , etc. ). (2. ) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24 ) containing the image of Moloch ( Amos 5:26 ; marg. and R. V., “Siccuth”). (3. ) The human body.
Meshelemiah Person: Friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah ( 1 Chr. 9:21 ; 26:1 , 2, 9, 14). He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
Zechariah Person: Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1. ) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as.