1 Chronicles 26:24

24 and ¹Shebuel the son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief officer in charge of the treasuries.

1 Chronicles 26:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 26:24

And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of
the treasures.
] This is the first time that any of the posterity of Moses are taken notice of, as being in any office of honour, authority, and trust; by the Targum he is said to be Jonathan, spoken of in ( Judges 18:30 ) but very wrongly; this man, according to Jarchi and Kimchi, had all the treasures and treasurers under him.

1 Chronicles 26:24 In-Context

22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

23 Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites—

24 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief officer in charge of the treasuries.

25 His brothers: from Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth.

26 This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers’ houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

Cross References

• 1. 26:24 ch. 23:16; [ch. 24:20]