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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 27:1-28 (NET)

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Leaders of the Army
27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred , as well as their officers who served the king in various matters . Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year ; each consisted of 24,000 men. 27:2 Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division , which was assigned the first month . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:3 He was a descendant of Perez ; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month . 27:4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month ; Mikloth was the next in rank . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:5 The third army commander , assigned the third month , was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest . He was the leader of his division , which consisted of 24,000 men. 27:6 Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division ; his son was Ammizabad . 27:7 The fourth , assigned the fourth month , was Asahel , brother of Joab ; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:8 The fifth , assigned the fifth month , was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:9 The sixth , assigned the sixth month , was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:10 The seventh , assigned the seventh month , was Helez the Pelonite , an Ephraimite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:11 The eighth , assigned the eighth month , was Sibbekai the Hushathite , a Zerahite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:12 The ninth , assigned the ninth month , was Abiezer the Anathothite , a Benjaminite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:13 The tenth , assigned the tenth month , was Maharai the Netophathite , a Zerahite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:14 The eleventh , assigned the eleventh month , was Benaiah the Pirathonite , an Ephraimite . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:15 The twelfth , assigned the twelfth month , was Heldai the Netophathite , a descendant of Othniel . His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:16 The officers of the Israelite tribes : Eliezer son of Zikri was the leader of the Reubenites , Shephatiah son of Maacah led the Simeonites , 27:17 Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites , Zadok led the descendants of Aaron , 27:18 Elihu , a brother of David , led Judah , Omri son of Michael led Issachar , 27:19 Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun , Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali , 27:20 Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites , Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh , 27:21 Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead , Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin , 27:22 Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan . These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes . 27:23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under , for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky . 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish . God was angry with Israel because of this , so the number was not recorded in the scroll called The Annals of King David .
Royal Officials
27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses ; Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field , in the cities , in the towns , and in the towers . 27:26 Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land . 27:27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards ; Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards . 27:28 Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands ; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil .

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  • ZERAHITES

    [isbe] ZERAHITES - ze'-ra-hits (ha-zarchi; Codex Vaticanus ho Zarai; Codex Alexandrinus ho Zaraei; the King James Version Zarhites): (1) A family of Simeonites (Nu 26:13). (2) Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah (Nu 26:20). To this ...

  • ZERAH

    [isbe] ZERAH - ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain): (1) In Gen 38:30; 46:12; Nu 26:20; Josh 7:1,18,24; 22:20; 1 Ch 2:4,6; 9:6; Neh 11:24; Mt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Nu 26:20; Josh 7:17 ...
    [smith] (rising (of the sun)). A son of Reuel, son of Esau, (Genesis 36:13; 1 Chronicles 1:37) and one of the "dukes" or phylarchs of the Edomites. (Genesis 36:17) (B.C. after 1760.) Less properly, Zarah, twin son, with his elder...

  • TAX; TAXING

    [isbe] TAX; TAXING - taks, taks'-ing: I. INTRODUCTION 1. General Considerations 2. Limits of the Discussion II. TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT 1. In the Earliest Period 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges 3. ...

  • Netophah

    [ebd] distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Neh. 7:26; 1 Chr. 2:54). Two of David's guards were Netophathites (1 Chr. 27:13, 15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or...

  • Month

    [ebd] Among the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basis of their calculations. From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law the month among the Jews was lun...
    [smith] From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law downward the religious feasts commencing with the passover depended not simply on the month, but on the moon; the 14th of Abib was coincident with the full moon; and the new ...
    [nave] MONTH Ancient use of, Gen. 7:11; 8:4. Twelve months reckoned to a year, 1 Chr. 27:1-15. 1. Abib (April). The Jewish calendar began with, Ex. 12:2; 13:4; Deut. 16:1. Passover instituted and celebrated in, Ex. 12:1-28; 23:1...

  • MANASSEH (2)

    [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...

  • LAW OF MOSES

    [smith] It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to point out its main principles, and to explain the position which it occupies in the progress of divine revelation. In order to do...

  • King

    [ebd] is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judg. 1:...
    [nave] KING Called King of kings, Ezra 7:12; Ezek. 26:7; Dan. 2:37. Divinely authorized, Deut. 17:15; 1 Sam. 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; 2 Chr. 2:11, 12; Prov. 8:15; Dan. 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hos. 8:4; 13:11. How chosen: By d...

  • KING; KINGDOM

    [isbe] KING; KINGDOM - king'-dum: I. KING 1. Etymology and Definition 2. Earliest Kings 3. Biblical Signification of the Title II. KINGDOM 1. Israel's Theocracy 2. Period of Judges 3. Establishment of the Monarchy 4. Appointment of...

  • Jaresiah

    [nave] JARESIAH, son of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 8;27.

  • GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

    [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...

  • GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

    [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...

  • Chronicles of king David

    [ebd] (1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of the Books of Chronicles derived information on various public matters.

  • Chronicles

    [ebd] the words of the days, (1 Kings 14:19; 1 Chr. 27:24), the daily or yearly records of the transactions of the kingdom; events recorded in the order of time.

  • COURSE

    [isbe] COURSE - kors (from Latin cursus, "a running," "race," "voyage," "way"): (1) euthudromeo, "forward or onward movement," as of a ship: "We made a straight course" (Acts 16:11; compare Acts 21:1); "We had finished our course."...

  • CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

    [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
    [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...

  • Armies

    [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...

  • Antothite

    [ebd] an inhabitant of Anathoth, found only in 1 Chr. 11:28; 12:3. In 2 Sam. 23:27 it is Anethothite; in 1 Chr. 27:12, Anetothite. (R.V., "Anathothite.")

  • Ahohite

    [ebd] an epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon's captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David's three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2 Sam. 23:28; 1 Chr. 11:29), from ...

  • Abieezer

    [ebd] father of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He wa...

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  • The scene continues to be on earth.7:1 The phrase "after this"(Gr. meta touto) indicates that what follows is a new vision (cf. 4:1). The general chronological progression of the visions suggests that the events John saw now ...
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