1 Chronicles 26:20

Supervisors of the Storehouses

26:20 Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses ¹  in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.

1 Chronicles 26:26-28

26:26 Shelomith ²  and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. 26:27 They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple. 26:28 They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet, ³  Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:1

Divisions of Gatekeepers

26:1 The divisions of the gatekeepers:

From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ⁴  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ⁵  and carpenters to build a palace for him.

1 Chronicles 15:15

15:15 The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command.

1 Chronicles 15:18

15:18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, ⁶  Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 16:8

16:8 Give thanks to the Lord!

Call on his name!

Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

1 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ⁷  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

[26:20]  ¹ tn Or “treasuries.”

[26:26]  ² tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.

[26:28]  ³ tn Or “seer.”

[14:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[15:18]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text adds בֶּן (ben, “son”) here; the word is omitted in three Hebrew mss and most LXX mss. If the word is original, perhaps the name of Zechariah’s father was accidentally omitted. Some English versions treat the word as an additional name in the list (“Ben”; e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB).

[18:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “over.”