- Seorim
Seorim was a priest of ancient
Israel after the order ofAaron , during the reign ofKing David in the10th century BCE . Seorim lead the fourth of the 24priestly divisions . The biblical passage of1 Chronicles 24 documents the division of the priests during the reign of King David. These priests were all descendants of Aaron, who had four sons:Nadab ,Abihu ,Eleazar andIthamar . However, Nadab and Abihu died before Aaron and only Eleazar and Ithamar had sons. One priest,Zadok , from Eleazar's descendants and another priest,Ahimelech , from Ithamar's descendants were designated to help create the various priestly orders. Sixteen of Eleazar's descendants were selected to head priestly orders while only eight of Ithamar's descendants were so chosen. The passage states that this was done because of the greater number of leaders among Eleazar's descendants. Lots were drawn to designate the order of ministering for the heads of the priestly orders when they entered thetemple . Since each order was responsible for ministering during a different week, Seorim's order was stationed as a watch at theTabernacle during the fourth week of the year on theHebrew calendar .While Easton's Bible Dictionary translates Seorim as barley, Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names ascribes the meaning of gates, hairs, or tempests to the Hebrew name Seorim.
An R. Seorim is also mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud in the Ebel Rabbathi 3rd Chapter discussing pain at the time of death.
External links
* [http://www.htmlbible.com/sacrednamebiblecom/kjvstrongs/CONHEB818.htm#S8188 Strong's Bible Dictionary]
* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=16544&showrashi=true 1 Chronicles 24 on Chabad.org with Rashi's commentary]
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a24.htm Hebrew-English parallel text]
* [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/seorim.html Web Bible Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hitchcock/bible_names.html?term=Seorim Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names]
* [http://www.parenthood.com/babynames_searchresults.html?searchName=Seorim Baby Names on Parenthood.com]
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