Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.
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- WEB Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
- KJV And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
- BSB Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- NASB The Levites, their relatives, were in charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.
- NLT 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.
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Attention turns to the Levites entrusted with the treasuries of God's house and the dedicated gifts. It introduces those responsible for the temple's sacred wealth.
Overview
Ahijah and his fellow Levites oversaw the treasures of the house of God and the things dedicated to the Lord. Stewardship of consecrated offerings required trustworthy men set apart for the task. This careful handling of what belonged to God models the integrity expected of all who manage resources given for sacred purposes.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 26:22The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house.
- 1 Kgs 14:26and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
- 1 Kgs 7:51Thus all the work that king Solomon did in Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of Yahweh’s house.
- Ezra 2:69They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
- 1 Chr 22:3–4David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
- 1 Chr 9:26–30for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
- 1 Chr 28:12–19and the plans of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of Yahweh’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
- 1 Chr 29:2–8Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the brass for the things of brass, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- 1 Chr 26:24and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
- 1 Chr 22:14–16Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chr 18:11King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
- 1 Chr 26:26–28This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
- 2 Chr 31:11–12Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in Yahweh’s house, and they prepared them.
- 1 Kgs 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- Mal 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
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