KOHELETH
to
idealize
ancient
history
led
the
Priestly
writers,
including
the
Clironicler,
to
construct
narratives
in
which
the
eponymous
ancestors
of
the
Levitical
families
played
a
prominent
part;
see
1
Ch
9'".
(1)
During
the
desert
wanderings
the
Kohathites
were
on
the
south
side
of
the
Tent
(Nu
3™),
and
they
carried
the
screen
of
the
sanctuary
and
its
furniture,
after
it
had
been
pre-pared
for
travel
by
the
greatest
of
all
the
descendants
of
Kohath—
Aaron
and
his
sons
(3"
i*-"
10»);
they
were
privileged
to
carry
their
burden
upon
their
shoulders
(7'),
instead
of
in
waggons,
as
the
Gershonites
and
Merarites;
they
were
superintended
by
Eleazar,
Aaron's
son
(4").
(2)
After
the
settlement
in
Palestine,
23
cities
were
assigned
to
them
(Jos
21"-
i8-«
=
l
Ch
6"-«'-•7-II1).
(3)
In
David's
reign
the
Chronicler
relates
that
the
Temple
music
was
managed
partly
by
Heman,
a
Kohathite,
and
his
family
(1
Ch
e^'-'s
16"'-
25'-
"■
'=•
16.
18.
20.
22f.
26-31;
and
scc
15'-
'-'"■
"•
").
David
divided
the
Levites
into
courses
'
according
to
the
sons
of
Levi'
(236;
Kohathites
vv-i^-™
24M-26);
and
particular
offices
of
Kohathites
are
stated
in
26'-'-
"-"•
I7-1S.
23-si.
(4)
Under
Jehoshaphat
they
led
the
song
of
praiseatthebattleof
En-gedi
(2Ch
20").
(5)
Under
Hezeklah
they
took
part
in
the
cleansing
of
the
Temple
(2912-
»).
A.
H.
M'Neile.
KOHELETH.
—
See
EccLiisiASTEa.
KOLAIAH.
—
1.
The
father
of
the
false
prophet
Ahab
(Jer
292').
2.
The
name
of
a
Benjamite
family
which
settled
in
Jerusalem
after
the
Captivity
(Neh
11').
EON.ffi
(Jth
40.
—
An
unknown
town
of
Palestine
(AV,
following
a
different
reading,
'the
villages').
EOPH.
—
TheniueteenthletteroftheHebrew
alphabet,
and
as
such
employed
in
the
119th
Psalm
to
designate
the
19th
part,
each
verse
of
which
begins
with
this
letter.
KORAH,
EORAHITES.—
1.
Korah
is
the
name
of
a
'duke,'
son
of
Esau
and
Aholibamah,
named
in
Gn
3g6.
14.
18^
and
therefore
an
Edomite.
2.
A
Korah
also
appears
in
1
Ch
2"
as
a
'son'
of
Hebron
and
descend-ant
of
Caleb,
the
Kenizzite,
i.e.
Edomite.
3.
In
1
Ch
919.
31
we
hear
of
a
ben-Korah
and
of
a
Korahite,
the
Korahites
being
further
designated
as
door-keepers.
LACEDEMONIANS
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.
More-over,
Pss
42-49
and
84.
85.
87.
88
bear
the
superscrip-tion
'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.
KORAH,
DATHAN,
ABIRAH.—
The
story
of
the
rebellion
of
Korah,
as
contained
in
Nu
16.
17,
is
now
combined
with
what
was
originally
an
entirely
different
narrative
—
that
of
theresistanceof
DathanandAbiiam,
who
were
laymen,
to
the
civil
authority
of
Moses.
Re-fusing
to
obey
Moses'
summons
to
appear
before
him,
Dathan
and
Abiram,
along
with
their
households,
were
swallowed
up
by
the
earth
(Nu
le""-
2>.
12-16.
26I.
27b-34
[JE]).
The
story
of
Korah
proper
contains
two
strata,
the
work
of
Priestly
writers
of
different
ages.
The
first
of
these
(Nu
le'"-
^t-?..
is-m.
27..
32b.
35.
«-5o
ch.
17)
describes
a
revolt
of
Korah,
at
the
head
of
250
princes
of
the
congregation,
against
Moses
and
Aaron,
in
the
interests
of
the
people
at
large
as
against
the
tribe
of
Levi.
The
matter
is
decided
by
the
test
of
the
censers,
the
rebels
being
consumed
by
fire
from
the
Lord.
The
s.equel
is
found
in
ch.
17
—
the
blossoming
of
Aaron's
rod.
■The
latest
narrative
(Nu
16">-"-
'"■
»-*»)
represents
Korah
at
the
head
of
250
Levites,
opposing,
in
the
interests
of
the
tribe
of
Levi,
the
monopoly
of
the
priests-hood
claimed
by
Aaron.
These
last
two
narratives
are
memorials
of
the
struggles
that
took
place,
and
the
various
stages
that
were
passed
through,
before
the
prerogatives
of
Levi
were
admitted
by
the
other
tribes,
and
those
of
the
house
of
Aaron
by
the
other
Levitical
families.
[In
Sir
45"
and
Jude
"
AV
has
Core
for
Korah].
KORE.
—
1.
The
eponym
of
a
Korahite
guild
of
door-keepers
(1
Ch
9").
2.
Son
of
Imnah,
a
Levite
in
the
time
of
Hezeklah
(2
Ch
31»).
KUSHAIAH.—
See
Kism.
LAADAH.—
A
Judahite
(1
Ch
42').
LABAN.—
1.
Son
of
Nahor
(Gn
29=;
cf.
24",
where
"Bethuel,
son
of,'
is
apparently
an
interpolation).
He
was
the
brother
of
Rebekah
(24^'),
father
of
Leah
and
Rachel
(29),
and
through
them
ancestor
to
three-fourths
of
the
Jewish
nation.
He
had
several
sons
(BO'S
31'),
and
was
father-in-law
and
uncle
of
Jacob.
He
appears
first
in
Scripture
as
engaged
in
betrothing
his
sister
Rebekah
to
Isaac
(242»-»i').
We
meet
him
next
at
Haran
entertaining
Jacob
(29"-
"),
who
had
escaped
from
his
brother
Esau.
'The
details
of
the
transactions
between
Laban
and
Jacob
for
the
fourteen
years
while
the
nephew
served
the
uncle
for
his
two
daughters
need
not
be
recounted
here
(see
chs.
29
and
30).
At
the
end
of
the
period
Jacob
was
not
only
husband
of
Leah
and
Rachel
and
father
of
eleven
sons,
but
also
the
owner
of
very
many
flocks
and
herds.
As
Laban
was
reluctant
to
part
with
Jacob,
regarding
his
presence
as
an
assurance
of
Divine
blessing,
the
departure
took
place
secretly,
while
Laban
was
absent
shearing
his
sheep.
Jacob
removed
his
property
across
the
Euphrates,
while
Rachel
took
with
her
the
teraphim
or
household
gods
of
the
family.
When
Laban
pursued
after
them
and
overtook
them
at
Mount
Gilead
(31'^),
he
did
no
more
than
reproach
Jacob
for
his
stealthy
flight
and
for
his
removal
of
the
teraphim,
and
finally
made
a
covenant
of
peace
by
setting
up
a
cairn
of
stones
and
a
piUar;
these
served
as
a
boundary-stone
between
the
Aramaeans
and
the
Hebrews,
which
neither
were
to
pass
with
hostile
intent
to
the
other.
In
character
Laban
is
not
pleasing,
and
seems
to
reflect
in
an
exaggerated
form
the
more
repulsive
traits
in
the
character
of
his
nephew
Jacob;
yet
he
shows
signs
of
generous
impulses
on
more
than
one
occasion,
and
especially
at
the
final
parting
with
Jacob.
2.
An
unknown
place
mentioned
in
Dt.
1'.
T.
A.
MoxoN.
LABANA
(1
Es
5")
=Ezr
2«
and
Neh
7"
Lebana(h).
LAOCUNUS
(1
Es
9")
=Ezr
10™
Chelal.
LACE.
—
The
Eng.
word
'lace'
comes
from
Lat.
laqueus,
a
'snare,'
and
is
used
in
that
sense
in
Old
Eng.
It
is
then
employed
for
any
cord
or
band,
and
that
is
its
meaning
in
Ex
2828-
"
392'-
»»,
Sir
&'«.
LA0ED.S:iIOIIIANS.—
In
2
Mac
5'
we
read
that
Jason