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1 Chronicles 27:25

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Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:

KJV

And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 27

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
This section is important as showing that David, the younger son of a not very opulent family 1Sa 16:11, 1Sa 16:20, had now become a large landed proprietor, as well as a capitalist, possessed of much moveable wealth. We may perhaps see the sources of both these kinds of property, in the successful wars which he had waged 1Sa 27:8-9; 1Sa 30:20; 2Sa 8:4, 2Sa 8:7-8, 2Sa 8:12; in the revenue derived from subject kings 1Sa 8:2, 1Sa 8:14; 1Sa 10:19; and in the purchase and occupation of lands in different places.

This site's exposition

the king’s treasures

on 1 Chronicles 27:25-31

A civil list follows the military and tribal ones: named overseers for the treasuries, the storehouses, the fields, the vineyards, the olive and sycomore trees, the herds, the camels, the asses, and the flocks. Two of the herdsmen are named by nationality rather than tribe, Obil the Ishmaelite over the camels and Jaziz the Hagerite over the flocks, foreign specialists managing crown property alongside Israelite officers. John Wesley notes that the list carries no officer of state and no master of ceremonies, only stewards of substance, which he reads as a mark of the plainness of the age.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This was a sufficient strength for the securing of the public peace and safety. Those that are Israelites indeed must learn war; for we have enemies to grapple with, whom we are concerned constantly to stand upon our guard against. He changed them every month; so that the whole number of the militia amounted to 288,000, perhaps about a fifth part of the able men of the kingdom.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

over the king's treasures--Those treasures consisted of gold, silver, precious stones, cedar-wood, &c.; those which he had in Jerusalem as distinguished from others without the city. the storehouses in the fields--Grain covered over with layers of straw is frequently preserved in the fields under little earthen mounds, like our potato pits.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Over the king’s treasures - We see from these verses in what the personal property of David consisted: - 1. Treasures, gold, silver, etc. 2. Goods and grain in castles, cities villages, and in the fields. 3. Vineyards and their produce. 4. Olive-trees and their produce. 5. Neat cattle, in different districts. 6. Camels and asses: they had no horses. 7. Flocks, sheep, goats, etc.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעַל֙and [was] over

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • אֹצְר֣וֹת[the] storehouses of

    ʾotzerotH214 →79 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • עַזְמָ֖וֶתAzmaveth

    ʾazmavetH5820 →8 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֲדִיאֵ֑ל סAdiel

    ʾadielH5717 →3 times

  • וְעַ֣לand [was] over

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • הָֽאֹצָר֡וֹתthe storehouses

    haotzarotH214 →79 times

  • בַּשָּׂדֶ֞הin the open country

    basadehH7704 →334 times

  • בֶּעָרִ֤יםin the cities

    bearimH5892 →1090 times

  • וּבַכְּפָרִים֙and in the villages

    uvakefarimH3723 →

  • וּבַמִּגְדָּל֔וֹתand in the towers

    uvamigdalotH4026 →

  • יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןJonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֻזִּיָּֽהוּ׃ סUzziah

    ʾuziyahuH5818 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 29:6Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.3 worksJeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.2 works2 Chronicles 16:2So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:2 works2 Kings 18:15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.2 worksGenesis 41:48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.2 works2 Chronicles 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.2 worksIsaiah 22:15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Kings 18:15

    Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 16:8

      Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 12:18

      So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 15:18–19

      So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this…

    • 2 Chronicles 16:2

      So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 26:10

    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 26:18–21

      Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father…

    • Isaiah 29:17

      In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

  • Through

    Jeremiah 41:8

    But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the…

    it leads to

    • Job 2:4

      “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

    • Proverbs 13:8

      Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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