The First Book of The Chronicles

1Ch 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Ja-sho´-be-am the son of Zab´-di-el: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:3 Of the children of Pe´-rez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

1Ch 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Do´-dai an A-ho´-hite, and of his course was Mik´-loth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Be-na´-iah the son of Je-hoi´-a-da, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:6 This is that Be-na´-iah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Am-miz´-a-bad his son.

1Ch 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was A´-sa-hel the brother of Jo´-ab, and Zeb-a-di´-ah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Sham´-huth the Iz´-rahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was I´-ra the son of Ik´-kesh the Te-ko´-ite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was He´-lez the Pel´o-nite, of the children of E´-phra-im: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sib´-be-cai the Hu´-shathite, of the Zar´-hites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was A-bi-e´-zer the An´-e-tothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Ma´-ha-rai the Ne-toph´a-thite, of the Zar´-hites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Be-na´-iah the Pir´-a-thon-ite, of the children of E´-phra-im: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Hel´-dai the Netoph´-a-thite, of Oth´-ni-el: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1Ch 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reu´-ben-ites was E-li-e´-zer the son of Zich´-ri: of the Simeonites, Sheph-a-ti´-ah the son of Ma´-a-chah:

1Ch 27:17 Of the Levites, Hash-a-bi´-ah the son of Kem´-u-el: of the Aaronites, Za´-dok:

1Ch 27:18 Of Judah, E-li´-hu, one of the brethren of David: of Is´-sa-char, Om´ri the son of Mi´-cha-el:

1Ch 27:19 Of Zeb´-u-lun, Ish-ma´-iah the son of O-ba-di´-ah: of Naph´-ta-li, Jer´i-moth the son of Az´-ri-el:

1Ch 27:20 Of the children of E´-phra-im, Ho-she´-a the son of Az-a-zi´-ah: of the half tribe of Ma-nas´-seh, Jo´-el the son of Pe-da´-iah:

1Ch 27:21 Of the half tribe of Ma-nas´-seh in Gil´-e-ad, Id´-do the son of Zech-ari´-ah: of Benjamin, Ja-a´-si-el the son of Abner:

1Ch 27:22 Of Dan, A-zar´-e-el the son of Jer´-o-ham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

1Ch 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

1Ch 27:24 Jo´-ab the son of Ze-ru´-iah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

1Ch 27:25 And over the king’s treasures was Az´-ma-veth the son of A´-di-el: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Je-hon´-a-than the son of Uz-zi´-ah:

1Ch 27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ez´-ri the son of Che´-lub:

1Ch 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shim´-e-i the Ra´-math-ite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zab´-di the Shiph´-mite:

1Ch 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Ba´-al–ha´-nan the Ged´e-rite: and over the cellars of oil was Jo´-ash:

1Ch 27:29 And over the herds that fed in Shar´-on was Shit´-rai the Shar´-onite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Sha´-phat the son of Ad´-lai:

1Ch 27:30 Over the camels also was O´-bil the Ish´-ma-el-ite: and over the asses was Jeh-de´-iah the Me-ron´-o-thite:

1Ch 27:31 And over the flocks was Ja´-ziz the Ha´-ger-ite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

1Ch 27:32 Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Je-hi´-el the son of Hach´mo-ni was with the king’s sons:

1Ch 27:33 And A-hith´-o-phel was the king’s counsellor: and Hu´-shai the Ar´-chite was the king’s companion:

1Ch 27:34 And after A-hith´-o-phel was Je-hoi´-a-da the son of Be-na´-iah, and A-bi´-a-thar: and the general of the king’s army was Jo´-ab.