What does 1 Chronicles 26:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things."
Verse 1 Chronicles 26:20. _THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD_] Where the money was kept, which was to be expended in oblations for the temple.-_Jarchi_....
5. THE PORTERS AND OTHER TEMPLE OFFICERS CHAPTER 26 _ 1. The porters (1 Chronicles 26:1)_ 2. The keepers of the gates (1 Chronicles 26:13) 3. The Levites over the treasures (1 Chronicles 26:20) 4...
FURTHER LEVITICAL TEMPLE OFFICIALS. These include the gatekeepers (1 Chronicles 26:1), those who were over the treasuries (1 Chronicles 26:20), and the officers and judges who were for the outward bus...
OF THE LEVITES, AHIJAH WAS. The Septuagint reads "the Levites their brethren were" (reading _Ahikem_ instead of Ahijah). TREASURES. treasuries. There were several in divers places, with various names...
Various Offices 20. _And_of _the Levites, Ahijah_was _over_ Read (with LXX.; cp. R.V. marg.), AND THE LEVITES THEIR BRETHREN WERE OVER. The confusion of readings is easy in Hebrew; cp. 1 Chronicles 2...
AND OF THE LEVITES, AHIJAH, &C.— _But their brethren the Levites were over,_ &c. Houbigant, who reads the 21st and 22nd verses thus: 1 Chronicles 26:21. _The sons of Laadan; of the sons of Laadan the...
18. THE GATEKEEPERS (1 Chronicles 26:1-28) TEXT 1 Chronicles 26:1. For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2. And Meshelemiah had sons...
_AND OF THE LEVITES, AHIJAH WAS OVER THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND OVER THE TREASURES OF THE DEDICATED THINGS._ Of the Levites, Ahijah. The heading of this section is altogether strange as i...
PARTICULARS RESPECTING VARIOUS TEMPLE OFFICIALS 1. The divisions of the porters] i.e. the courses of the gate-keepers or sentries who stood on guard at the entrances of the Temple. They were drawn fr...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 26 THE *TEMPLE GUARDS – 1 CHRONICLES 26:1-19 V1 These are the groups of the *temple guards: From the *clan of Ko...
II. — THE KEEPERS OF THE TEMPLE TREASURES (1 Chronicles 26:20). (20) AND OF THE LEVITES, AHIJAH WAS OVER THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD. — Literally, _And the Levites_ — _Ahijah over the treasures...
וְֽ הַ לְוִיִּ֑ם אֲחִיָּ֗ה עַל ־אֹֽוצְרֹות֙ בֵּ֣ית הָ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וּ לְ אֹֽצְרֹ֖ות הַ קֳּדָשִֽׁים׃...
In no particular did the arrangements of the king fall short. Not only Levites, priests, and singers were arranged for, but porters also, and such as had charge of all the stores set apart for the sac...
_Now. Hebrew and Septuagint add, "the Levites:" the latter translate Achias, "their brethren." (Haydock) --- Vessels. Or vessels of the holy places, or of things holy. Vasa sanctorum. (Challoner) ---...
Next to the Porters we find in those verses an account of the Treasurers. There must have been great abundance of stores in the Lord's house for the daily service of it. The multitude of things accord...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
AND OF THE LEVITES,.... The rest of the Levites, as the Gershonites, Amramites, Izharites, and Hebronites, 1 Chronicles 26:21. AHIJAH WAS OVER THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD; as the tithes, vessel...
_The treasures of the house of God, and the treasures of the dedicated things_ These seem to be two different kinds of treasures, the former containing the sacred vessels and other treasures, which by...
1 The diuisions of the porters. 13 The gates assigned by lot. 20 The Leuites that had charge of the treasures. 29 Officers and Iudges. 1 CONCERNING the diuisions of the porters: of the Korhites wa...
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God and over the treasures of the dedicated things, such gifts as were consecrated to the Lord as special gifts of thanksgiving by Dav...
DEDICATE THINGS: _ Heb._ holy things...
Either these are the same kind of treasures, the latter phrase only explaining the former, the particle _and_ being used for _that is_; or rather, they are two different kinds of treasures, the former...
1 Chronicles 26:20 Levites H3881 Ahijah H281 treasuries H214 house H1004 God H430 treasuries H214 things H6944 treasures - 1 Chronicles 26:22, 1 Chronicles 9:26-30, 1 Chronicles 22:3-4, 1 Chronicles
CONTENTS: The division of the temple porters. Levites as treasurers. Officers and judges CHARACTERS: God, Shelemiah, Zechariah, Shuppin, Hozah, Obed-edom. CONCLUSION: Whatever service God wishes men...
1 Chronicles 26:28. _Joab had dedicated_ the spoils of war. Cyrus set apart the tenth of all his spoils for the gods. It was much the same among the Jews: in a line from Abraham, who gave the tenths t...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 26:1 See 1 Chronicles 9:17 and 1 Chronicles 23:4. The Levitical gatekeepers were to safeguard the sanctuary from trespassers and from idolatrous practices (see 2 Chro...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The courses of the porters (1 Chronicles 26:1); lots cast for gate-keepers (1 Chronicles 26:13); keepers of treasures (1 Chronicles 26:20); the officers and the judges (1 Chronicles 2...
EXPOSITION This chapter is occupied in its first nineteen verses with an enumeration of the porters and Then of their arrangement. The porters were those who were to have charge of the entrances of t...
Chapter twenty-six: the division of the porters and then their assignment over the various gates around the temple. And then in verse twenty: those who had charge over the treasures of the house of th...
1 Chronicles 18:11; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 22:3; 1 Chronicles 22:4; 1 Chronicles 26:22; 1 Chronicles 26:26; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 1 Chronicles 29:2;...
Treasures — There seem to be two different kinds of treasures, the former containing the sacred vessels and other treasures, which by God's command were appropriated to the maintenance of the house; t...