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1 Chronicles  Chapter 27    Back    Next

{27:1} Now the children of Israel
after their number, the heads of fathers
' households and the captains
of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:2} Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam
the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:3} He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army
for the first month.

{27:4} Over the division of the second month was Dodai
the Ahohite
, and his division; and Mikloth
the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:5} The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah
, the son of Jehoiada
the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:6} This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his division was Ammizabad
his son.

{27:7} The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel
the brother
of Joab
, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:8} The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite
: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:9} The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira
the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:10} The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez
the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim
: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:11} The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:12} The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer
the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:13} The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.

{27:14} The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:15} The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai
the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

{27:16} Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer
the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah
:

{27:17} of Levi
, Hashabiah
the son of Kemuel
: of Aaron
, Zadok:

{27:18} of Judah
, Elihu
, one of the brothers of David
: of Issachar
, Omri the son of Michael
:

{27:19} of Zebulun, Ishmaiah
the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel:

{27:20} of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea
the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh
, Joel
the son of Pedaiah:

{27:21} of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo
the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin
, Jaasiel
the son of Abner
:

{27:22} of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham
. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

{27:23} But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.

{27:24} Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles
of king David.

{27:25} Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth
the son of Adiel
: and over the treasures in the fields
, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan
the son of Uzziah:

{27:26} Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri
the son of Chelub:

{27:27} and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

{27:28} and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan
the Gederite: and over the cellars
of oil was Joash
:

{27:29} and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

{27:30} and over the camels
was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys
was Jehdeiah
the Meronothite
: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

{27:31} All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

{27:32} Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor
, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel
the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

{27:33} Ahithophel
was the king's counselor: and Hushai
the Archite
was the king's friend:

{27:34} and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar
: and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

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