1 Chronicles 27:1–15

Military and Civil Organizations

27This is the list of the Israelite heads of families and clan leaders and their officials who administered the work of the kingdom. Each month of the year a different group of 24,000 men was on duty under the commander for that month.

²The following were the commanders for each month:

First month: Jashobeam son of Zabdiel ³(he was a member of the clan of Perez, a part of the tribe of Judah);

⁴Second month: Dodai, a descendant of Ahohi (Mikloth was his second in command);^z

⁵Third month: Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest; ⁶he was the leader of “The Thirty” (his son Amizzabad succeeded him as commander of this group);

⁷Fourth month: Asahel, brother of Joab (his son Zebadiah succeeded him);

⁸Fifth month: Shamhuth, a descendant of Izhar;

⁹Sixth month: Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;

¹⁰Seventh month: Helez, an Ephraimite from Pelon;

¹¹Eighth month: Sibbecai from Hushah (he was a member of the clan of Zerah, a part of the tribe of Judah);

¹²Ninth month: Abiezer from Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin;

¹³Tenth month: Maharai from Netophah (he was a member of the clan of Zerah);

¹⁴Eleventh month: Benaiah from Pirathon in the territory of the tribe of Ephraim;

¹⁵Twelfth month: Heldai from Netophah (he was a descendant of Othniel).