1 Chronicles 26:30 -

Were officers among them of Israel. The simpler translation would be, were for the superintending of Israel (compare the verb in 1 Chronicles 26:32 ). On this side Jordan westward ; literally, across Jordan westward , the point of view being from the Persian side. So Ezra 4:16 ; Ezra 6:6 ; Ezra 8:36 ; Nehemiah 2:7 ; but also Joshua 5:1 ; Joshua 22:7 , when the point of view was that of those who had still to cross the Jordan to the west. The expression, in all the business of the Lord , is probably no mere reminiscence of the temple or semi-sacred business (such as the gathering of the tithes, etc.), but rather the recognition of the fact that all that pertained to the right discharge of the civil duties of an Israelite's life lay within that description.