1 Chronicles 26:24
in 1 Chronicles 26Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
KJV
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. This is the first time that any of the posterity of Moses are taken notice of, as being in any office of honour, authority, and trust; by the Targum he is said to be Jonathan, spoken of in Jdg 18:30 but very wrongly; this man, according to Jarchi and Kimchi, had all the treasures and treasurers under him.
This site's exposition
over the treasures of the house of God
on 1 Chronicles 26:20-26
Ahijah is named first over the treasuries, then the text moves into the Gershonite and Kohathite branches that actually held the trust, Levites tracking money and dedicated gifts with the same by-family precision used for gates and courses. Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, is named ruler of the treasures, which John Gill reads as the first time in Chronicles that a descendant of Moses holds a post of honor and trust, an office reached through service rather than through his grandfather's name. Two treasuries are kept apart, the ordinary house treasury and the treasury of the dedicated things, because gifts set apart by vow needed an accounting distinct from what ran the building day to day.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
None of those Levites who were employed in the service of the sanctuary, none of the singers or porters, were concerned in this outward business; either one was enough to engage the whole man or it was presumption to undertake both. Their charge was both in all business of the Lord, and in the service of the kings,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Shebuel the son of Gershom - “Shebuel, that is, Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, who returned to God [שבואל shebuel]. And David, seeing him expert in money matters, constituted him chief treasurer.” - T.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁבֻאֵל֙ | ushevuel | and Shebuel | H7619 → | 6 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גֵּרְשׁ֣וֹם | gereshom | Gershom | H1647 → | 13 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| נָגִ֖יד | nagid | [was the] chief | H5057 → | 45 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃ | haotzarot | the storehouses | H214 → | 79 times |
וּשְׁבֻאֵל֙and Shebuel
ushevuelH7619 →6 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
גֵּרְשׁ֣וֹםGershom
gereshomH1647 →13 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
נָגִ֖יד[was the] chief
nagidH5057 →45 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃the storehouses
haotzarotH214 →79 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 24:20Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:12–14
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 23:16
The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12–14
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.