1 Chronicles 26:20

Treasurers and Other Officials

20 And of the Levites: Ahijah [was] over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.

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 For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court.

19 These [were] the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

20 And of the Levites: Ahijah [was] over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.

21 The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the {families} belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, [were] over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.