1 Chronicles 27:26

26 Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil.

1 Chronicles 27:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:26

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:25).

1 Chronicles 27:26 In-Context

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.
25 Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel had charge of the king's storehouses. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah had charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers.
26 Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil.
27 Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars.
28 Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "doers of the work of the field for the tilling of..."
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