1 Chronicles 27:25

III.—THE TWELVE OVERSEERS OF THE ROYAL ESTATES AND PROPERTY (1 Chronicles 27:25-31).

The number of these officers is noticeable, twelve being a normal number in Israelite institutions.(25) And over the king’s treasures.—That is, those of the palace on Zion.

And over the storehouses.—The Hebrew has the same word “treasures.” The treasures “in the fields” (sâdèh), or the country, in the cities, the villages and the “castles” (migdâlîm), or towers (2 Chronicles 26:10; Micah 4:8), include all that belonged to David outside the walls of Jerusalem.

Jehonathan was comptroller-general of the revenues from these sources.