1 Chronicles 26:20
New International Version
Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.

New Living Translation
Other Levites, led by Ahijah, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the gifts dedicated to the LORD.

English Standard Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

Berean Standard Bible
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

King James Bible
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

New King James Version
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.

New American Standard Bible
The Levites, their relatives, were in charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

NASB 1995
The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

NASB 1977
And the Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God, and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

Legacy Standard Bible
As for the Levites, Ahijhah was over the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the holy gifts.

Amplified Bible
Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

Christian Standard Bible
From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated.

American Standard Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The Levites: Akhiah over the storehouses of the house of God and over the storehouses of Holiness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things.

Contemporary English Version
The Levites who were relatives of the Korahites and the Merarites were in charge of guarding the temple treasury and the gifts that had been dedicated to God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

English Revised Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ahijah, a Levite, was in charge of the treasuries in God's temple and the treasuries of the gifts dedicated to God.

Good News Translation
Others of their fellow Levites were in charge of the Temple treasury and the storerooms for gifts dedicated to God.

International Standard Version
Now with respect to the descendants of Levi, Ahijah was responsible for the treasuries of the Temple of God, including the treasuries containing dedicated gifts.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things.

Literal Standard Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of God, even for the treasures of the holy things.

Majority Standard Bible
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

New American Bible
Their brother Levites had oversight of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of votive offerings.

NET Bible
Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God's temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.

New Revised Standard Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

New Heart English Bible
And the Levites, their brothers, were over the treasures of God's house, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

World English Bible
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

Young's Literal Translation
And of the Levites, Ahijah is over the treasures of the house of God, even for the treasures of the holy things.

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Context
The Treasurers, Officers, and Judges
20Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things. 21From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:19
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

1 Chronicles 26:21
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,

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 Chronicles 26:24
Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.

1 Chronicles 28:12
The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

Ezra 2:69
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.


Treasury of Scripture

And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

treasures

1 Chronicles 26:22
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 9:26-30
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God…

1 Chronicles 22:3,4,14-16
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; …

dedicated things [heb] holy things

1 Chronicles 26:26-28
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated…

1 Chronicles 18:11
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

1 Kings 7:51
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

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II.--THE KEEPERS OF THE TEMPLE TREASURES

(1Chronicles 26:20-28).

(20) And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God.--Literally, And the Levites--Ahijah over the treasures, . . . a strange beginning, for hitherto none but Levites have been in question. We should have expected at least "the other Levites." Further, the name Ahijah is suspicious, because (1) not found among the proper names in 1Chronicles 23:7 sqq.; (2) it stands alone, without any reference to a family, such as is made in every other case (see 1Chronicles 26:21-25); (3) the addition of the single letter m at the end of the word, would give the sense "their brethren," which is in fact the reading of the LXX. Read therefore, And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures; that is, the Levites other than those whose duties have already been described.

Treasures of the house of God.--The ordinary revenues and stores of the Sanctuary, including various kinds of legally prescribed contributions, and special gifts (see Exodus 30:11-14; Leviticus 27; Numbers 18:16; 1Chronicles 29:7-8). . . .

Verses 20-28. - These verses describe those Levites to whom belonged the care of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of things dedicated, i.e. "dedicated to maintain the house of the Lord" (vers. 27, 28). Verse 20. - First, the Hebrew text contains no "of" in the first word of this verse; and, secondly, no meaning can be obtained cut of the name Ahijah as it is placed here. The Septuagint reading, "their brethren," is exactly what we should expect, and is paralleled by other passages (2 Chronicles 29:34). This correction of the present text may be safely accepted, viz. אֲחֵיהֶם for אֲהִיָּה The two classes of treasures are here marked, preparatory to the statements of vers. 22 and 26-28.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now their fellow Levites
וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

were in charge of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the treasuries
אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ (’ō·wṣ·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

of the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and the treasuries
וּלְאֹֽצְר֖וֹת (ū·lə·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

of the dedicated things.
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity


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