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1 Chronicles 26:19-27 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

19. These were the groups of the gatekeepers. They were from the families of Korah and Merari.

20. Other Levites were responsible for taking care of the treasuries of the Temple of God. They were also responsible for the places where the holy things were kept.

21. Ladan was Gershon’s son. Ladan was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was a leader of one of the family groups.

22. Jehiel’s sons were Zetham and his brother Joel. They were responsible for the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord.

23. Other leaders were chosen from the family groups of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

24. Shubael was the leader responsible for the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord. Shubael was the descendant of Gershom, who was Moses’ son.

25. These were Shubael’s relatives from Eliezer: Eliezer’s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s son Joram, Joram’s son Zicri and Zicri’s son Shelomith.

26. Shelomith and his relatives were responsible for everything that had been collected for the Temple. Things had been collected by King David and the heads of families. They had been collected by commanders of 1,000 men and of 100 men and other army commanders.

27. They also gave some of the things they had taken in wars. They gave them to be used in repairing the Temple of the Lord.

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