1 Chronicles 27

The Military Divisions

27And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.

²Over the first division for the first month was ^aJashobeam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand; ³he was of the children of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month. ⁴Over the division of the second month was ¹Dodai an Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was the leader; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁵The third captain of the army for the third month was ^bBenaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁶This was the Benaiah who was ^cmighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son. ⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was ^dAsahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁸The fifth captain for the fifth month was ²Shamhuth the Izrahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was ^eIra the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was ^fHelez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was ^gSibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was ^hAbiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was ⁱMaharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was ^jBenaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was ³Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Leaders of Tribes

¹⁶Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the officer over the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; over the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah; ¹⁷over the Levites, ^kHashabiah the son of Kemuel; over the Aaronites, Zadok; ¹⁸over Judah, ^lElihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹over Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; over Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel; ²⁰over the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; over the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; ²¹over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; over Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; ²²over Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

²³But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because ^mthe Lord had said He would multiply Israel like the ⁿstars of the heavens. ²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for ^owrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.

Other State Officials

²⁵And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses. ²⁶Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground. ²⁷And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine. ²⁸Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands, and Joash was over the store of oil. ²⁹And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys. ³⁰Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys, ³¹and Jaziz the ^pHagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.

³²Also Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, and a ⁴scribe; and Jehiel the ⁵son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons. ^33qAhithophel was the king’s counselor, and ^rHushai the Archite was the king’s companion. ³⁴After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then ^sAbiathar. And the general of the king’s army was ^tJoab.