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1 Chronicles 27:25
Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David’s administrative list details officials managing royal resources, appearing immediately after the note that Joab’s census was left incomplete due to divine judgment.
The words — The Hebrew terms אֹצְר֣וֹת ('o.tze.Rot) and הָֽ/אֹצָר֡וֹת (ha./'o.tza.Rot) both denote storehouses or treasuries, while עַל ('al) marks administrative oversight over these facilities.
The thread — This delegation of grain and wealth management parallels Joseph’s provincial storage system (Genesis 41:48) and the royal treasuries later accessed in Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:15).
Why it lands — The text records two named men assigned to distinct geographic tiers of storage, requiring readers to acknowledge that biblical governance operates through concrete, localized stewardship of physical assets.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
Cross-references
- Genesis 41:48 During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
- Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- 2 Kings 18:15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2 So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- Jeremiah 41:8 But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.