1 Tawarikh 26:20-28

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. 26:21 The descendants of Ladan, ²  who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli ³  26:22 and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord’s temple.

26:23 As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:

26:24 Shebuel ⁴  son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses. 26:25 His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith ⁵  his son. 26:26 Shelomith ⁶  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, ⁷  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.

[26:20]  ¹ tn Or “treasuries.”

[26:21]  ² tn “Ladan” is a variant of the name “Libni” (cf. 6:17).

[26:21]  ³ tn “Jehieli” is a variant of the name “Jehiel” (cf. 23:8).

[26:24]  ⁴ tn A number of English versions follow the LXX and Vulgate and read “Shubael” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV).

[26:25]  ⁵ tc The marginal reading (Qere) is “Shelomith,” while the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Shelomoth.”

[26:26]  ⁶ tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.

[26:28]  ⁷ tn Or “seer.”