📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 26:24
What does 1 Chronicles 26:24 mean?
"and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures."
— 1 Chronicles 26:24 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house.
Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:
and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
This 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.
They dedicated some of the plunder won in battles to repair Yahweh’s house.
Explanation
This verse simply identifies a man named Shebuel, tracing his lineage back through his father Gershom to his grandfather Moses, and states his official role: he was in charge of the treasuries, meaning he oversaw the storage and administration of valuable resources dedicated to God's service. On its surface, this is a straightforward genealogical and administrative note, the kind found throughout 1 Chronicles 23-27, where the author catalogs how King David organized the
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