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72 prepare it every sabbath. And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service: for they were employed in their work day and night. These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem. And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah: and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab; and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. And the sons of Micah; Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza: and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: and Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

it had to be arranged in order before the Lord (Lev. xxiv. 6). The Chronicler prefers this term to the older "Bread of the Presence" (i.e. of Jehovah). See more fully Driver, Exodus, pp. 274, 275, in this series.

to prepare it every sabbath] "Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the continually" (Lev. xxiv. 8). In 2 Chr. ii. 4 (= ii. 3, Heb.) it is called the continual shewbread (lit. "the continual Row").

33. And these are] This verse may be intended as a conclusion to vv. 15, 16, for the names there given are those of singers; cp. Neh. xi. 17. On the other hand it may have been intended as the heading of such a list as appears in vi. 33—47 (= 18—32, Heb.), the list itself having somehow been omitted.

day and night] Cp. Ps. cxxxiv. 1; Rev. iv. 8.

35—44 (= viii. 29—38).&emsp;

See notes on viii. 29 ff. The passage serves here as an introduction to the story of the death of Saul. Whether it is in its original setting