1 Chronicles 26:20

20 And (of the Levites,) Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over [the] vessels of the holy things. (And fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the House of the Lord, and the vessels of the holy things.)

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

1 Chronicles 26:20 In-Context

18 And in the cells, either little houses, of [the] porters at the west side, were four in the way, and twain by the cells. (And by the cells, or the little houses, of the guards on the west side, there were four by the road, and two by the cells.)

19 These were [the] partings of the porters, of the sons of Kore and of Merari. (These were the divisions of the guards, or the doorkeepers, of the sons of Kore, and the sons of Merari.)

20 And (of the Levites,) Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over [the] vessels of the holy things. (And fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the House of the Lord, and the vessels of the holy things.)

21 The sons of Laadan, the son of Gershon; of Laadan were the princes of the families of Laadan, and of Gershon, and of Jehiel. (Of the sons of Laadan, the son of Gershon; of Laadan, the leader of the families of Laadan the Gershonite was Jehiel.)

22 The sons of Jehiel were Zetham, and Joel, his brother, (who were) over the treasures of the house of the Lord, (The other sons of Laadan were Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were in charge of the treasuries of the House of the Lord.)