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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 26:20

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahijah;   Treasure-Houses;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiah;   Ahijah;   Gatekeeper;   Jehiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahijah;   Ammiel;   Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahijah ;   Gershon, Gershonites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahijah;   Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahijah;   Treasury (of Temple);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahijah (the Prophet);   Ahijah, Ahiah, Ahijahu;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Hebrew Names Version
Of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
King James Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
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.
New Century Version
Other Levites were responsible for guarding the treasuries of the Temple of God and for the places where the holy items were kept.
New English Translation
Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God's temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.
Amplified Bible
Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
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.
World English Bible
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of the Leuites. Ahiiah was ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures of the dedicate things.
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.
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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of the L'vi'im, Achiyah was responsible for the stores in the house of God and the stores of holy articles.
Darby Translation
And the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahijah was from the tribe of Levi. Ahijah was responsible for taking care of the valuable things in God's Temple. Ahijah also was responsible for the places where the holy things were kept.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the storehouses of the house of God and over the storehouses of the dedicated things.
Lexham English Bible
And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.
Literal Translation
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the Leuites, was Ahia ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures that were sanctifyed.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of the Leuites, Ahiah had the ouersight of the treasures of the house of God, & of the treasures of the dedicate thinges.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things.
King James Version (1611)
And of the Leuites, Ahiiah was ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures of the dedicate things.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Achias was ouer the tresours of the hows of the Lord, and ouer the vessels of hooli thingis.
Update Bible Version
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, 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.
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 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 .
New Life Bible
Their brothers the Levites watched over the riches of the house of God and the riches of the holy gifts.
New Revised Standard
And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.
Revised Standard Version
And of the Levites, Ahi'jah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
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.
THE MESSAGE
Other Levites were put in charge of the financial affairs of The Temple of God. From the family of Ladan (all Gershonites) came Jehieli, and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They supervised the finances of the sanctuary of God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

Contextual Overview

20 Others of their fellow Levites were in charge of the Temple treasury and the storerooms for gifts dedicated to God. 21 Ladan, one of the sons of Gershon, was the ancestor of several family groups, including the family of his son Jehiel. 22 Ladan's two other sons, Zetham and Joel, had charge of the Temple treasury and storerooms. 23 Duties were also assigned to the descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 24 Shebuel, of the clan of Moses' son Gershom, was the chief official responsible for the Temple treasury. 25 Through Gershom's brother Eliezer he was related to Shelomith. Eliezer was the father of Rehabiah, who was the father of Jeshaiah, the father of Joram, the father of Zichri, the father of Shelomith. 26 Shelomith and the members of his family were in charge of all the gifts dedicated to God by King David, the heads of families, leaders of clan groups, and army officers. 27 They took some of the loot they captured in battle and dedicated it for use in the Temple. 28 Shelomith and his family were in charge of everything that had been dedicated for use in the Temple, including the gifts brought by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, by Abner son of Ner, and by Joab son of Zeruiah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

treasures: 1 Chronicles 26:22, 1 Chronicles 9:26-30, 1 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Chronicles 22:4, 1 Chronicles 22:14-16, 1 Chronicles 28:12-19, 1 Chronicles 29:2-8, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 15:18, Malachi 3:10

dedicated things: Heb. holy things, 1 Chronicles 26:26-28, 1 Chronicles 18:11, 1 Kings 7:51, 2 Chronicles 31:11, 2 Chronicles 31:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:7 - keep Numbers 3:8 - General Numbers 3:32 - General Numbers 8:26 - to keep Numbers 31:30 - keep the Joshua 6:19 - all the silver 1 Chronicles 23:4 - twenty 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the treasuries 2 Chronicles 8:15 - the treasures 2 Chronicles 15:18 - brought Ezra 2:69 - the treasure Ezra 8:29 - Watch ye Nehemiah 11:16 - had the oversight of

Cross-References

Genesis 21:25
Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, vessels, vestments, wine, and oil, and other things; such an one was Phinehas at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian, who being taken, showed and delivered the priests' garments, and many other precious things and sacred ornaments under his care e: and over the treasures of the dedicated things; voluntarily devoted for sacrifices and repairs of the temple; and this Ahijah had the care of each of those at first, which afterwards were divided, and put under the care of different persons.

e Joseph. de Bell. Jud. l. 6. c. 8. sect. 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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