northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two. 18For [1]Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at [1]Parbar. 19These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
[2]20And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the [3]dedicated things. 21The sons of [4]Ladan; the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite; [5]Jehieli. 22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasuries of the house of the LORD. 23Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: 24and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries. 25And his brethren; of Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. 26This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things, which
18. Parbar] This word, apparently the same as parvarim, 2 Kin. xxiii. 11 (R.V. "precincts"; cp. mg. here), seems to denote some building built on the Temple area on the west side. It may have been a colonnade. The word is Persian and means "lighted [by the sun]."
20—32. Various Officers.
20. And of the Levites, Ahijah was over] Read (with LXX.; cp. mg.), And the Levites their brethren were over. The confusion of readings is easy in Hebrew; cp. ii. 25 for a similar case.
the dedicated things] Cp. vv. 26—28.
21. Ladan] cp. xxiii. 7; called Libni in vi. 17 [2, Heb.].
Jehieli] Read Jehiel as in xxiii. 8, xxix. 8; and probably delete the following "The sons of Jehieli," cp. xxiii. 8.
22. Zetham, and Joel] These appear as brethren of Jehiel in xxiii. 8; but since families, not individuals, are spoken of, the discrepancy is not important.
23. the Amramites, etc.] Cp. xxiii. 12.
24. Shebuel] rather Shubael, as in xxiv. 20; cp. xxiii. 16.
25. of Eliezer came Rehabiah] Cp. xxiii. 15—17, xxiv. 21.
Shelomoth] (so Kethīb)] A.V. Shelomith follows Ḳerī; cp. ver. 28 (mg.).
