³¹And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked in pans. =31.= _who was the firstborn of Shallum_] In xxvi. 2 the firstborn of Meshelemiah (= Shallum) is called _Zechariah_. Probably _Mattithiah_ and _Zechariah_ represent _each_ a household belonging to an elder branch of the great family of _Shallum_. ³²And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. =32.= _the shewbread_] Literally _the bread of the Row_ (or _of the Pile_), for it had to be arranged in order before the Lord (Leviticus 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 LORD continually” (Leviticus xxiv. 8). In 2 Chronicles ii. 4 (= ii. 3, _Hebrew_) it is called _the continual shewbread_ (literally “the continual Row”). ³³And 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. ³⁴These were heads of fathers’ _houses_ of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem. =33.= _And these are_] This verse may be intended as a conclusion to verses 15, 16, for the names there given are those of singers; compare Nehemiah 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, Hebrew), the list itself having somehow been omitted. _day and night_] Compare Psalms cxxxiv. 1; Revelation iv. 8. =35‒44= (= viii. 29‒38). THE GENEALOGY OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL. ³⁵And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Maacah: ³⁶and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab; ³⁷and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. ³⁹And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. ⁴¹And the sons of Micah; Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, _and Ahaz_. ⁴²And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza: ⁴³and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: ⁴⁴and Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.