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27:1 What follows is a list <04557> of Israelite <03478> <01121> family <01> leaders <07218> and commanders of units <08269> of a thousand <0505> and a hundred <03967>, as well as their officers <07860> who served <08334> the king <04428> in various <03605> matters <01697>. Each division <04256> was assigned <0935> to serve for <03318> one month <02320> during <03605> the year <08141>; each <0259> consisted <04256> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:2 Jashobeam <03434> son <01121> of Zabdiel <02068> was in charge <05921> of the first <07223> division <04256>, which was assigned the first <07223> month <02320>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:3 He was a descendant <01121> of <04480> Perez <06557>; he was in charge <07218> of all <03605> the army <06635> officers <08269> for the first <07223> month <02320>. 27:4 Dodai <01737> the Ahohite <0266> was in charge <05921> of the division <04256> assigned the second <08145> month <02320>; Mikloth <04732> was the next in rank <05057>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:5 The third <07992> army <06635> commander <08269>, assigned the third <07992> month <02320>, was Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548>. He was the leader <07218> of his division <04256>, which consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:6 Benaiah <01141> was the leader <01368> of the thirty <07970> warriors and his division <04256>; his son <01121> was Ammizabad <05990>. 27:7 The fourth <07243>, assigned the fourth <07243> month <02320>, was Asahel <06214>, brother <0251> of Joab <03097>; his son <01121> Zebadiah <02069> succeeded <0310> him. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men.

• 1Ch 27:1-24 -- Leaders of the Army

• 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...
  

• 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."...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Jaresiah

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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Benaiah

  [ebd] built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam...
  [isbe] BENAIAH - be-na'-ya, be-ni'-a (benayah, benayahu, "Yahweh has built." Compare HPN, 182, 265, 268): (1) Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (compare Josh 15:21), was a man of "mighty deeds" and was more honorable than any...
  [smith] (made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, (1 Chronicles 11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel 8...
  [nave] BENAIAH 1. Son of Jehoiada, commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kin. 1:38. A distinguished warrior, 2 Sam. 23:20-23; 1 Chr. 11:22-25; 27:5, 6. Loyal to Solomon, 1 Kin. 1:2; 4:4. 2. An Ephraimite, a...
  

• Zabdiel

  [ebd] gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David's officers (1 Chr. 27:2). (2.) An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh. 11:14).
  [isbe] ZABDIEL - zab'-di-el (zabhdi'el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel): (1) Father of Jashobeam (1 Ch 27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f). (2) An overseer of the priests (Neh 11:14). (3) An Arabian who beheaded Al...
  [smith] (gift of God). Father of Jashobeam, a chief of David?s guard. (1 Chronicles 27:2) (B.C. before 1046.) A priest, son of the great men or as the margin gives it, "Haggedolim." (Nehemiah 11:14) (B.C. 459.)
  [nave] ZABDIEL 1. Father of Jashobeam, 1 Chr. 27:2. 2. An overseer of one hundred and twenty-eight mighty men of valor, who dwelt in Jerusalem, Neh. 11:14.
  

• Ammizabad

  [ebd] people of the giver, the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under David (1 Chr. 27:6).
  [isbe] AMMIZABAD - a-miz'-a-bad (`ammizabhadh, "my kinsman has made a present"): The son of Benaiah, one of David's captains for the third month (1 Ch 27:6).
  [smith] (people of the Giver , i.e. God), the son of Benaiah, who commanded the third division of David?s army. (1 Chronicles 27:6) (B.C. 1050.)
  [nave] AMMIZABAD, son of Benaiah, 1 Chr. 27:6.
  

• Mikloth

  [ebd] staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).
  [isbe] MIKLOTH - mik'-loth, mik'-loth (miqloth): (1) A Benjamite, son of Jeiel (1 Ch 8:32; 9:37,38). A comparison of the two passages shows that the name Mikloth has been dropped at the end of 1 Ch 8:31. (2) An officer designated "...
  [smith] (staves). One of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon, by his wife Maachah. (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37,38) The leader of the second division of David?s army. (1 Chronicles 27:4)
  [nave] MIKLOTH 1. A Benjamite of Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38. 2. A ruler in the reign of David, 1 Chr. 27:4.
  

• Zebadiah

  [ebd] gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). (3.) The son of Ishmael,...
  [isbe] ZEBADIAH - zeb-a-di'-a ((1) zebhadhyaha, (2) zebhadhyah, "Yah has bestowed"; the form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)). Com...
  [smith] A Benjamite of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:15) A Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17) One of the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (1 Chronicles 12:7) Son of Asahel, the brother of Joab. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] ZEBADIAH 1. Two Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:15, 17. 2. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:7. 3. A Korhite porter in the temple, 1 Chr. 26:2. 4. Son of Asahel, 1 Chr. 27:7. 5. An itinerant Levite teacher, 2 Chr. ...
  

• DODAI

  [ebd] loving, one of David's captains (1 Chr. 27:4). (See DODO)
  [isbe] DODAI - do'-di, do'-da-i (1 Ch 27:4). See DODO.
  [smith] (loving, amorous), an Ahohite who commanded the course of the second month. (1 Chronicles 27:4) It is probable that he is the same as DODO. 2.
  

• Jashobeam

  [isbe] JASHOBEAM - ja-sho'-be-am (yashobh`am, probably "people will return"; see discussion of names compounded with `am, in HPN, 41-59): Jashobeam is mentioned in three passages (1 Ch 11:11; 12:6 (Hebrew 7); 27:2 f), but opinions ...
  [nave] JASHOBEAM, 1. One of David's warriors, 2 Sam. 23:8; 1 Chr. 11:11; 27:2. 2. A Korhite Levite, 1 Chr. 12:6.
  

• Asahel

  [isbe] ASAHEL - as'-a-hel (`asah'el, "God hath made"; Asael): (1) The brother of Joab and Abishai. The three were sons of Zeruiah, one of David's sisters (1 Ch 2:15,16; 2 Sam 2:18, etc.). The three brothers seem to have been from t...
  [nave] ASAHEL 1. Nephew of David, and one of his captains, 2 Sam. 2:18-24, 32; 3:27; 23:24; 1 Chr. 2:16; 11:26; 27:7. 2. A Levite, commissioned by Jehoshaphat to teach the law to Judah, 2 Chr. 17:8. 3. A Levite, who had charge of...
  

• PEREZ

  [ebd] =Pharez, (q.v.), breach, the son of Judah (Neh. 11:4). "The chief of all the captains of the host for the first month" in the reign of David was taken from his family (1 Chr. 27:3). Four hundred and sixty-eight of his "sons"...
  [smith] (breach). The "children of Perez," or Pharez, the son of Judah, appear to have been a family of importance for many centuries. (1 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 11:4,6)
  

• PHAREZ

  [ebd] breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22). "The chief of all the captains of the host" was of the children of Perez (1 Chr. 27:3; Matt. 1:3).
  [smith] (Perez, (1 Chronicles 27:3) Phares, (Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33) 1 Esd. 5:6), twin son, with Zarah or Zerah, of Judah and Tamer his daughter-in-law. (B.C. 1730.) The circumstances of his birth are detailed in Gen. 38. Pharez o...
  

• Dodo

  [ebd] amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Be...
  [nave] DODO 1. A descendant of Issachar, Judg. 10:1. 2. One of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12. Called Dodai, 1 Chr. 27:4. 3. A Bethlehemite, 2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr. 11:26.
  

• HACHMONI

  [smith] (wise) Son of, and The Hach?monite. (1 Chronicles 11:11; 27:32) Hachmon or Hachmoni was no doubt the founder of a family to which these men belonged: the actual father of Jashobeam was Zabdiel, (1 Chronicles 27:2) and h...
  

• TAXES

  [smith] I. Under the judges, according to the theocratic government contemplated by the law, the only payments incumbent upon the people as of permanent obligation were the Tithes, the Firstfruits, the Redemption-money of the first-b...
  

• Host

  [ebd] an entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26)....
  

• Is there a contradiction between 2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5, when the number of soldiers Joab counts comes up different?
  The Bible does contain a number of apparent contradictions. Believing in the inspiration and inerrancy of the Word of God we know that all of these can be reconciled. It may be that a complete explanation will not come until ...

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