26:20 Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses 1 in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.
26:2 Meshelemiah’s sons:
The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel,
1:11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 1:12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended 2 ), and the Caphtorites.
1:13 Canaan was the father of Sidon – his firstborn – and Heth, 1:14 as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 1:15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 1:16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
1:17 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram: 3
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 4
1:18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 1:19 Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; 5 his brother’s name was Joktan.
12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 7 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 8 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 9
13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. 13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. 13
13:12 Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms. 13:13 I gave instructions 14 that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of 15 the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, 16 for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. 17
1 tn Or “treasuries.”
2 tn Heb “came forth.”
3 tc The words “the sons of Aram” do not appear in the Hebrew text. Apparently the phrase וּבְנֵי אֲרָם (uvÿney ’aram) has accidentally dropped out of the text by homoioteleuton (note the presence of אֲרָם just before this). The phrase is included in Gen 10:23.
4 tc The MT of the parallel geneaology in Gen 10:23 reads “Mash,” but the LXX there reads “Meshech” in agreement with 1 Chr 1:17.
5 sn Perhaps this refers to the scattering of the people at Babel (Gen 11:1-9).
6 tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”
7 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).
8 tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.
9 tn Heb “standing.”
10 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
11 tn Heb “were sanctifying.”
12 tn Heb “giving.”
13 tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”
14 tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.
15 tn Heb “be over”
16 tn Heb “on their hand.”
17 tn Heb “brothers.”