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1 Chronicles 26:20
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues a chronological register of Levitical assignments following the gatekeepers of Korah and Merari, detailing administrative roles within the temple service.
The words — The text highlights אֲחִיָּ֗ה ('a.chi.Yah) as Ahijah, who is appointed עַל־ ('al-) over the אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ ('otz.rOt), literally the storehouses of the house of God and the storehouses of the holy things.
The thread — This administrative pattern recurs in 1 Chronicles 26:22 regarding the sons of Jehieli guarding the LORD’s treasuries, and the same temple stores are later seized by the king of Egypt in 1 Kings 14:26.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that sacred resources were managed by designated Levitical families rather than left unguarded or secularized.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 26:22 the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 14:26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 15:18 So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Chronicles 9:26 But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 26:24 Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.