One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Elzabad. Every Elzabad in the Bible
- verses
- 1
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 26:7
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 26:7
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Elzabad?
Elzabad is mentioned as one of the sons of Shemaiah, a Korahite gatekeeper, during the reign of King David (1Ch.26.7). The Korahites were a clan within the tribe of Levi assigned to various duties in the tabernacle and later in the temple. Elzabad and his brothers are described as capable men with the strength to perform service, indicating their fitness for their role as gatekeepers. Gatekeepers were responsible for guarding the entrances to the temple, maintaining order, and ensuring that only authorized individuals entered the sacred precincts. The mention of Elzabad and his brothers suggests that gatekeeper duties were often assigned to families or clans, with multiple generations serving together. No further information is provided about Elzabad's specific responsibilities or his later life. His inclusion in the list of gatekeepers highlights the importance of this role in maintaining the sanctity and security of the temple during David's reign.
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A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
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