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Rh northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two. For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated things. The sons of Ladan; the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite; Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasuries of the house of the. Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries. And his brethren; of Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. This 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.&emsp;

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.).