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Reference: Korah, Korahites

Hastings

1. Korah is the name of a'duke,' son of Esau and Abolibamah, named in Ge 36:5,14,18, and therefore an Edomite. 2. A Korah also appears in 1Ch 2:43 as a 'son' of Hebron and descendant of Caleb, the Kenizzite, i.e. Edomite. 3. In 1Ch 9:19,31. we hear of a ben-Korah and of a Korahite, the Korahites being further designated as door-keepers. Combining the various notes, we gather that the sons of Korah were of Edomite extraction, were incorporated among the Levites, and formed a Temple-guild. Moreover, Ps 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 84; 85; 87; 88 bear the superscription 'to the sons of Korah.' They share, therefore, with the sons of Asaph the honour of forming the Temple-choir. But whether they rose (or fell) from being door-keepers to being singers, or vice versa, it is, in our ignorance of most of the details of the worship of the first Temple, impossible to say. Nor can we say how it was that the guilds of Asaph and Korah came to be transformed into the guilds of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan. See also next article.

W. F. Cobb.

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Gen 36:5

Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were Esau's sons, who were born to him in the territory of Canaan.

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Gen 36:14

These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, who was the daughter of Zibeon. She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah for Esau.

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Gen 36:18

These were the descendants of Esau's wife Oholibamah: tribal leaders Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These tribal leaders descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, Anah's daughter.

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1 Chron 2:43

Hebron's descendants were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

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1 Chron 9:19

Kore's son Shallum, who was the grandson of Ebiasaph and the great-grandson of Korah, and the descendants of Korah (who were relatives of his ancestral house) were over the service responsibilities and served as guardians of the entrances of the Tent, just as their ancestors had been in charge of the camp of the LORD and guardians of the entrance.

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1 Chron 9:31

Mattithiah, a descendant of Levi and firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of making the offering cakes.

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