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1 Chronicles 26:20
20Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
1 Chronicles 26:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
- New International Version (NIV)Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Context of 1 Chronicles 26:20
18At the colonnade on the west side [of the outer court of the temple] there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. 19These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari. Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. 21The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers’ households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite. 22The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 261 Chronicles 26:20 word by word
וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם אֲחִיָּ֗ה עַל־אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּלְאֹֽצְר֖וֹת הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:20
- 1 Chronicles 26:22The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26for these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, had an official duty, and were in charge of the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3David prepared large quantities of iron to make nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps (trusses), and more bronze than could be weighed;
- 1 Chronicles 28:12and the plan of all that he had in mind, for the courts of the house of the Lord, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the storerooms of the house of God and for the storerooms for the dedicated gifts and offerings;
- 1 Chronicles 29:2So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
- 1 Kings 14:26He took away the treasures of the house (temple) of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything, he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the palace of the king and handed them over to his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram (Syria), who lived in Damascus, saying,
- Malachi 3:10Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessing until there is no more room to receive it.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26This Shelomoth and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts which King David, the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11King David also dedicated these to the Lord [setting them apart for sacred use], with the silver and the gold which he brought from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
- 1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was completed. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the utensils—and he put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah told them to prepare rooms [for storage] in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The treasures of the house of God - Where the money was kept, which was to be expended in oblations for the temple. - Jarchi.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-32As Solomon prepared to become king, David appointed officials to organize the Levitical orders at the end of his reign. These officers included treasurers, administrators, and judges who were part of the government.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. of the Levites, Ahijah--The heading of this section is altogether strange as it stands, for it looks as if the sacred historian were going to commence a new subject different from the preceding. Besides, "Ahijah, whose name occurs after" the Levites, is not mentioned in the previous lists. It is totally unknown and is introduced abruptly without further information; and lastly, Ahijah must have united in his own person those very offices of which the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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