And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
The genealogies come from the king's own records, not Scripture itself. But mark well: Judah was carried to Babylon for transgression, and that judgment must never be forgotten. When we speak of calamity, we must say, 'It was for my sin,' so that God is cleared when He judges. Then follows the account of those who returned and settled in their cities again.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 9:1-13
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah,.... Four more of the chief of the Levites, the pedigree of the last of which is traced up by Micah and Zichri to Asaph, the singer in the times of David, a descendant of Gershon, the first son of Levi; the first of these is thought by Hillerus (t) to be the same with Bakbukiah, Neh 11:17. (t) Onamastic. Sacr. p. 401, 548.
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. (d) To serve in the temple, every one according to his office.