1 And [these] are the children of Israel after their number, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout the months of the year; in every division were twenty-four thousand. 2 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 3 He was of the children of Pherez, the head of all the captains of the hosts for the first month. 4 And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; and in his division was Mikloth ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah (the son of Jehoiada, a principal officer): [he was] head; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 6 This Benaiah was a mighty man among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 8 The fifth for the fifth month was the captain Shamhuth the Jizrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 9 The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 10 The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 11 The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 12 The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjaminites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 13 The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 14 The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 15 The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 16 And over the tribes of Israel were: for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was the prince; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah; 17 for the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok; 18 for Judah, Elihu of the brethren of David; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; 19 for Zebulun, Jishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel; 20 for the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; 21 for the half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Jiddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; 22 for Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 23 And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he did not finish; and there fell wrath for it upon Israel; and the number was not put in the account of the chronicles of king David. 25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel; and over the storehouses in the country, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers was Jonathan the son of Uzziah. 26 And over them that worked in the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub. 27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards of stores of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 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. 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 30 And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite. 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's. 32 And Jonathan, David's uncle, was counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons; 33 and Ahithophel was the king's counsellor; and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend; 34 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and Joab was captain of the king's army.
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1 Chronicles 27 Darby Translation
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People
Abiezer
Abiezer the Anathothite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:12
Abner
Named as the father of Jaasiel, officer over Benjamin; the text does not say whether he is the son of Ner.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:21
Adiel
Named as the father of Azmaveth, overseer of the royal storehouses.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:25
Adlai
Named as the father of Shaphat, overseer of David's valley herds.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:29
Ammizabad
Son of Benaiah, put in charge of his father's division.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:6
Azaziah
Named as the father of Hoshea, officer over Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:20
Azmaveth
Son of Adiel, in charge of the royal storehouses.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:25
Azriel
Named as the father of Jerimoth, officer over Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:19
Baal-hanan
The Gederite in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:28
Benaiah
Benaiah the Pirathonite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 27:14
Chelub
Named as the father of Ezri, overseer of the field workers.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:26
Dodo
Ahohite named as the father of Eleazar, one of the Three; a Dodai the Ahohite commanded David's second-month division (probably the same man).
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12; 1 Chronicles 27:4
Eliezer
Son of Zichri, the officer over the tribe of Reuben.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:16
Elihu
One of David's brothers, the officer over the tribe of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:18
Ezri
Son of Chelub, in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:26
Hachmoni
Named as the father of Jashobeam, chief of David's mighty men (a Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended the king's sons).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:32
Hashabiah
Son of Kemuel, the officer over the tribe of Levi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:17
Helez
Helez the Paltite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27; 1 Chronicles 27:10
Ikkesh
Named as the father of Ira, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9
Ira
Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9
Jaasiel
Son of Abner, the officer over the tribe of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:21
Jashobeam
Son of Zabdiel, descendant of Perez, chief of all the army commanders and in charge of the first division of 24,000.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:2
Jaziz
The Hagrite in charge of David's flocks.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:31
Jehiel
Son of Hachmoni who attended to the sons of the king.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:32
Jehoiada
Son of Benaiah, who succeeded Ahithophel as the king's counselor.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:34
Jerimoth
Son of Azriel, the officer over the tribe of Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:19
Jeroham
Named as the father of Azarel, officer over Dan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:22
Joash
In charge of David's stores of olive oil.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:28
Joel
Son of Pedaiah, the officer over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:20
Jonathan
David's uncle, a counselor, a man of insight and a scribe.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:32
Jonathan
Son of Uzziah, in charge of the storehouses in the country, cities, villages and fortresses.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:25
Kemuel
Named as the father of Hashabiah, officer over Levi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:17
Maharai
Maharai the Netophathite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 1 Chronicles 27:13
Michael
Named as the father of Omri, officer over Issachar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:18
Mikloth
Named as leader in the division of Dodai the Ahohite for the second month.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:4
Obadiah
Named as the father of Ishmaiah, officer over Zebulun.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:19
Obil
The Ishmaelite in charge of David's camels.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:30
Omri
Son of Michael, the officer over the tribe of Issachar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:18
Pedaiah
Named as the father of Joel, officer over half of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:20
Shamhuth
The fifth army commander in charge of the division of 24,000 for the fifth month.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:8
Shaphat
Son of Adlai, in charge of the herds in the valleys.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:29
Shephatiah
Son of Maacah, the officer over the tribe of Simeon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:16
Shimei
The Ramathite in charge of David's vineyards.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:27
Shitrai
The Sharonite in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:29
Uzziah
Named as the father of Jonathan, overseer of the country storehouses.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:25
Zabdi
The Shiphmite in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:27
Zabdiel
Named as the father of Jashobeam, commander of the first-month division.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:2
Zebadiah
Commander of the fourth-month division after his father Asahel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:7
Zechariah
Named as the father of Iddo, officer over Manasseh in Gilead.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:21
Zichri
Named as the father of Eliezer, officer over Reuben.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 27:16
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Chronicles 17:12–19; 2 Chronicles 26:11–13; Micah 5:2
- 2 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11
- 3 Numbers 26:20; Numbers 10:14; Genesis 49:8–10; Genesis 38:29; Numbers 7:12
- 4 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12
- 5 1 Kings 4:4–5; 1 Chronicles 18:17
- 6 2 Samuel 23:20–23; 1 Chronicles 11:22–25; 2 Samuel 22:20–23
- 7 1 Chronicles 11:26; 2 Samuel 23:24; 2 Samuel 2:18–23
- 8 1 Chronicles 11:27; 2 Samuel 23:25; 1 Chronicles 26:29
- 9 1 Chronicles 11:28; 2 Samuel 23:26
- 10 1 Chronicles 11:27; 2 Samuel 23:26
- 11 2 Samuel 21:18; 1 Chronicles 11:29; Numbers 26:20
- 12 1 Chronicles 11:28; 2 Samuel 23:27
- 13 1 Chronicles 11:30; 2 Samuel 23:28
- 14 1 Chronicles 11:31; 2 Samuel 23:30
- 15 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 4:13; Judges 3:9; 1 Chronicles 11:30
- 17 1 Chronicles 26:30; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 12:27–28
- 18 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:29; 1 Samuel 17:13
- 21 2 Samuel 3:37; 2 Samuel 3:27; 1 Kings 4:14; 1 Samuel 14:50–51
- 22 1 Chronicles 28:1
- 23 Genesis 15:5; Numbers 1:18; 1 Chronicles 21:2–5; Hebrews 11:12
- 24 2 Samuel 24:1–15; 1 Chronicles 21:1–17
- 25 Genesis 41:48; Jeremiah 41:8; Exodus 1:11; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 16:2
- 28 1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 1 Kings 20:27; 1 Kings 4:7
- 29 1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 65:10
- 30 Genesis 47:6; Job 1:3
- 31 1 Chronicles 5:10
- 32 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Samuel 21:21
- 33 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 15:32; Psalm 55:13; 2 Samuel 16:16–17
- 34 1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Chronicles 27:5
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