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1 Chronicles 26:20-32 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

20. Others of their fellow-Levites were in charge of the temple treasury and the storerooms for gifts dedicated to God.

21. Ladan, one of the sons of Gershon, was the ancestor of several family groups, including the family of his son Jehiel.

22. Ladan's two other sons, Zetham and Joel, had charge of the temple treasury and storerooms.

23. Duties were also assigned to the descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

24. Shebuel, of the clan of Moses' son Gershom, was the chief official responsible for the temple treasury.

25. Through Gershom's brother Eliezer he was related to Shelomith. Eliezer was the father of Rehabiah, who was the father of Jeshiah, the father of Joram, the father of Zichri, the father of Shelomith.

26. Shelomith and the members of his family were in charge of all the gifts dedicated to God by King David, the heads of families, leaders of clan groups, and army officers.

27. They took some of the loot they captured in battle and dedicated it for use in the Temple.

28. Shelomith and his family were in charge of everything that had been dedicated for use in the Temple, including the gifts brought by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, by Abner son of Ner, and by Joab son of Zeruiah.

29. Among the descendants of Izhar, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned administrative duties: keeping records and settling disputes for the people of Israel.

30. Among the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and 1,700 of his relatives, all outstanding men, were put in charge of the administration of all religious and civil matters in Israel west of the River Jordan.

31. Jeriah was the leader of the descendants of Hebron. In the fortieth year that David was king, an investigation was made of the family line of Hebron's descendants, and outstanding soldiers belonging to this family were found living at Jazer in the territory of Gilead.

32. King David chose 2,700 outstanding heads of families from Jeriah's relatives and put them in charge of administering all religious and civil matters in Israel east of the River Jordan — the territories of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.

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