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Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over the LORD’s camp, keepers of the entry.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. Service, to keep watch. Calmet.—Families. Hebrew “fathers over the host, ( Bible.) or camp of the Lord: keepers of the entry.” The Corites, though not perhaps alone, performed what their fathers had done before the tabernacle, in the desert, and in the temple of Solomon; which were considered as the camp of the great king.
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