1 Chronicles 9:26
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To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.

set office.

1 Chronicles 26:20-27 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels. . . .

2 Chronicles 31:5-12 Which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the people, the children of Israel offered in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey: and brought the tithe of all things which the ground bringeth forth. . . .

Nehemiah 10:38,39 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom into the treasure house. . . .

Nehemiah 13:5 And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.

Context
The People of Jerusalem
25And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time. 26To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.27And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 9:25
And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

1 Chronicles 9:27
And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.

Jeremiah 35:2
Go to the house of the Rechabites: and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers of the treasures, and thou shalt give them wine to drink.

Ezekiel 40:17
And he brought me into the outward court, and behold there were chambers, and a pavement of stone in the court round about: thirty chambers encompassed the pavement.

Lexicon
But
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the four
אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ (’ar·ba·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

chief
גִּבֹּרֵ֣י (gib·bō·rê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

gatekeepers,
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

who
הֵ֗מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

were Levites,
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

were
וְהָיוּ֙ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

entrusted with
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the rooms
הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת (hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

and the treasuries
הָאֹצְר֖וֹת (hā·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

of the house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of God.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

For four strong men have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God.

For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in a set office, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in the house of God.

For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,
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