1 Chronicles 26:20

Keepers of the Treasure

20 The Levites, their relatives, had ¹charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

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1 Chronicles 26:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 26:20

And of the Levites
The rest of the Levites, as the Gershonites, Amramites, Izharites, and Hebronites, ( 1 Chronicles 26:21 1 Chronicles 26:23 ) .

Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God;
as the tithes, vessels, vestments, wine, and oil, and other things; such an one was Phinehas at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian, who being taken, showed and delivered the priests' garments, and many other precious things and sacred ornaments under his care ^F5: and over the treasures of the dedicated things; voluntarily devoted for sacrifices and repairs of the temple; and this Ahijah had the care of each of those at first, which afterwards were divided, and put under the care of different persons.

FOOTNOTES:

F5 Joseph. de Bell. Jud. l. 6. c. 8. sect. 3.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 26:20 In-Context

18 At the Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar.

19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.

20 The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

21 The 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.

22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, had charge of the treasures of the house of the LORD .

Cross References 1

1. 1 Chr 26:22, 24, 26; 1 Chronicles 28:12; Ezra 2:69

Footnotes 2

[a]. So Gr; Heb "As for the Levites, Ahijah had"
[b]. Lit "were over"