1 Chronicles 26:21
1 Chronicles 26:21 Meaning and Explanation
“As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 26:21 Mean?
The genealogy of the treasurers is set out, beginning with the Gershonite branch through Laadan, whose family heads include Jehieli. The chronicler grounds the keepers of the treasury in their ancestral lines.
Stewardship of the holy things was kept within trusted families, generation after generation. The naming of fathers and sons shows a continuity of faithfulness, a sacred trust handed down rather than seized, so that the house of God was served by those formed to serve it.
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What does 1 Chronicles 26:21 mean?
The Gershonite line of Laadan is traced to Jehieli among the chief fathers.