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27:12 The ninth <08671>, assigned the ninth <08671> month <02320>, was Abiezer <044> the Anathothite <06069>, a Benjaminite <01145>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:13 The tenth <06224>, assigned the tenth <06224> month <02320>, was Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, a Zerahite <02227>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:14 The eleventh <06240> <06249>, assigned the eleventh <06240> <06249> month <02320>, was Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, an Ephraimite <0669> <01121>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:15 The twelfth <06240> <08147>, assigned the twelfth <06240> <08147> month <02320>, was Heldai <02469> the Netophathite <05200>, a descendant of Othniel <06274>. His division <04256> consisted <05921> of 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> men. 27:16 The officers of the Israelite <03478> tribes <07626>: Eliezer <0461> son <01121> of Zikri <02147> was the leader <05057> of the Reubenites <07206>, Shephatiah <08203> son <01121> of Maacah <04601> led the Simeonites <08099>, 27:17 Hashabiah <02811> son <01121> of Kemuel <07055> led the Levites <03881>, Zadok <06659> led the descendants of Aaron <0175>, 27:18 Elihu <0453>, a brother <0251> of David <01732>, led Judah <03063>, Omri <06018> son <01121> of Michael <04317> led Issachar <03485>, 27:19 Ishmaiah <03460> son <01121> of Obadiah <05662> led Zebulun <02074>, Jerimoth <03406> son <01121> of Azriel <05837> led Naphtali <05321>, 27:20 Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Azaziah <05812> led the Ephraimites <0669> <01121>, Joel <03100> son <01121> of Pedaiah <06305> led the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>, 27:21 Iddo <03035> son <01121> of Zechariah <02148> led the half-tribe <02677> of Manasseh <04519> in Gilead <01568>, Jaasiel <03300> son <01121> of Abner <074> led Benjamin <01144>, 27:22 Azarel <05832> son <01121> of Jeroham <03395> led Dan <01835>. These <0428> were the commanders <08269> of the Israelite <03478> tribes <07626>. 27:23 David <01732> did not <03808> count <04557> <05375> the males twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and under <04295>, for <03588> the Lord <03069> had promised <0559> to make <07235> Israel <03478> as numerous <07235> as the stars <03556> in the sky <08064>. 27:24 Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> started <02490> to count <04487> the men but did not <03808> finish <03615>. God was <01961> angry <07110> with <05921> Israel <03478> because of this <02063>, so the number <04557> was not <03808> recorded <05927> in the scroll <04557> called The Annals <03117> <01697> of King <04428> David <01732>. 27:25 Azmaveth <05820> son <01121> of Adiel <05717> was in charge of <05921> the king’s <04428> storehouses <0214>; Jonathan <03083> son <01121> of Uzziah <05818> was in charge of <05921> the storehouses <0214> in the field <07704>, in the cities <05892>, in the towns <03723>, and in the towers <04026>. 27:26 Ezri <05836> son <01121> of Kelub <03620> was in charge <06213> of the field <07704> workers <04399> who farmed <05656> the land <0127>. 27:27 Shimei <08096> the Ramathite <07435> was in charge <05921> of the vineyards <03754>; Zabdi <02067> the Shiphmite <08225> was in charge <05921> of the wine <03754> stored in the vineyards <03196> <0214>. 27:28 Baal-Hanan <01177> the Gederite <01451> was in <05921> charge of the olive <02132> and sycamore <08256> trees in the lowlands <08219>; Joash <03135> was in <05921> charge of the storehouses <0214> of olive oil <08081>. 27:29 Shitrai <07861> the Sharonite <08290> was in charge <05921> of the cattle <01241> grazing <07462> in Sharon <08289>; Shaphat <08202> son <01121> of Adlai <05724> was in charge <05921> of the cattle <01241> in the valleys <06010>. 27:30 Obil <0179> the Ishmaelite <03459> was in charge <05921> of the camels <01581>; Jehdeiah <03165> the Meronothite <04824> was in charge <05921> of the donkeys <0860>. 27:31 Jaziz <03151> the Hagrite <01905> was in charge <05921> of the sheep <06629>. All <03605> these <0428> were the officials <08269> in charge of King <04428> David’s <01732> property <07399>. 27:32 Jonathan <03083>, David’s <01732> uncle <01730>, was a wise <0995> <0376> adviser <03289> and scribe <05608>; Jehiel <03171> son <01121> of Hacmoni <02453> cared for <05973> the king’s <04428> sons <01121>. 27:33 Ahithophel <0302> was the king’s <04428> adviser <03289>; Hushai <02365> the Arkite <0757> was the king’s <04428> confidant <07453>. 27:34 Ahithophel <0302> was succeeded <0310> by Jehoiada <03077> son <01121> of Benaiah <01141> and by Abiathar <054>. Joab <03097> was the commanding general <08269> of the king’s <04428> army <06635>.

• 1Ch 27:25-34 -- Royal Officials

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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. ...
  

• Agriculture

  [nave] AGRICULTURE Divine institution of, Gen. 2:15; 3:19, 23. Practiced by Cain, Gen. 4:2; Noah, Gen. 9:20; Elisha, 1 Kin. 19:19; David, 1 Chr. 27:26-31; Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:10; Solomon, Eccl. 2:4-6. God to be acknowledged in, Jer...
  

• Joab

  [ebd] Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David's sister, and "captain of the host" during the whole of David's reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father's name is nowhere mentioned, alth...
  [smith] (whose father is Jehovah), the most remarkable of the three nephews of David, the children of Zeruiah, David?s sister. (B.C. 1053-1012.) Joab first appears after David?s accession to the throne at Hebron. Abner slew in battle...
  [nave] JOAB 1. Son of David's sister, 1 Chr. 2:16. Commander of David's army, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:23; 1 Chr. 11:6; 18:15; 27:34. Dedicated spoils of his battles, 1 Chr. 26:28. Defeated the Jebusites, 1 Chr. 11:6. Defeats and slays ...
  

• Jaasiel

  [ebd] made by God, one of David's body-guard, the son of Abner (1 Chr. 27:21), called Jasiel in 1 Chr. 11:47.
  [isbe] JAASIEL - ja-a'-si-el (ya`asi'el, "God makes" (?)): In 1 Ch 11:47, a Mezobaite, one of "the mighty men of the armies," and probably = "Jaasiel" of 1 Ch 27:21, "the son of Abner," and a Benjamite tribal prince of David's. the...
  [smith] (whom God comforts), son of the great Abner. (1 Chronicles 27:21) (B.C. 1046-1014.)
  [nave] JAASIEL, son of Abner, 1 Chr. 27:21.
  

• 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."...
  

• Jehonathan

  [ebd] whom Jehovah gave. (1.) One of the stewards of David's store-houses (1 Chr. 27:25). (2.) A Levite who taught the law to the people of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8). (3.) Neh. 12:18.
  [isbe] JEHONATHAN - je-hon'-a-than (yehonathan, "Yahweh has given"): The name is the same as Jonathan: the Hebrew has the two forms for the same person sometimes; sometimes only one is found. See JONATHAN. The form "Jehonathan" occ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah gave). Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David?s storehouses. (1 Chronicles 27:25) (B.C. 1014). One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the ...
  [nave] JEHONATHAN 1. An overseer of David's storehouses, 1 Chr. 27:25. 2. A Levite sent to instruct the people in the law, 2 Chr. 17:8. 3. An obscure priest, Neh. 12:18.
  

• Jeroham

  [ebd] cherished; who finds mercy. (1.) Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1). (2.) The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the tribe of Dan (1 Chr. 27:22). (3.) 1 Chr. 12:7; a Benjamite. (4.) 2 Chr....
  [isbe] JEROHAM - je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"): (1) An Ephraimite, the father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1 Sam 1:1; 1 Ch 6:27,34 (Hebrew 12,19)): Jerahmeel is the name in Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus,...
  [smith] (cherished). Father of Elkanah, the father of Samuel, of the house of Kohath. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:27,34) (B.C. before 1142.) A Benjamite, the founder of a family of Bene-Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:27) Probab...
  [nave] JEROHAM 1. A Levite, and grandfather of Samuel, 1 Sam. 1:1; 1 Chr. 6:27, 34. 2. A chief of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:27. 3. A descendant of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 9:8. 4. A priest, and father of Adaiah, who dwelt in Jerus...
  

• Kemuel

  [ebd] helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21). (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24). (3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 27:17).
  [isbe] KEMUEL - kem'-u-el, ke-mu'-el (qemu'el, "God's mound"): (1) Nephew of Abraham (Gen 22:21), father of Aram, whom Ewald identifies with Ram of Job 32:2; but compare Gen 10:22, where Aram is described as one of the children of ...
  [smith] (congregation of God). The son of Nahor by Milcah, and father of Aram. (Genesis 22:21) (B.C. 1925.) The son of Shiptan, and prince of the tribe of Ephraim; one of the twelve men appointed by Moses to divide the land of Canaa...
  [nave] KEMUEL 1. Son of Nahor, Gen. 22:21. 2. A prince of Ephraim, Num. 34:24. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 27:17.
  

• Benaiah

  [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...
  

• Michael

  [ebd] who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is also represented as warni...
  [isbe] MICHAEL - mi'-ka-el, mi'-kel (mikha'el, "who is like God?" Michael): (1) The father of Sethur the Asherite spy (Nu 13:13). (2) (3) Two Gadites (1 Ch 5:13,14). (4) A name in the genealogy of Asaph (1 Ch 6:40 (Hebrew 25)). (5)...
  [smith] (who is like God?). An Asherite, father of Sethur, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:13) One of the Gadites who settled in the land of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:13) Another Gadite, ancestor of Abihail. (1 Chronicles 5...
  [nave] MICHAEL 1. An Asherite, Num. 13:13. 2. Two Gadites, 1 Chr. 5:13, 14. 3. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 6:40. 4. A descendant of Issachar, 1 Chr. 7:3. 5. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:16. 6. A captain of the thousands of Manasseh w...
  

• Shimei

  [ebd] famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim in his flight from Jerusa...
  [isbe] SHIMEI - shim'-e-i (shim`i, possibly "hear me (El)" or "(Jah)"; Semeei, Semei): A name of frequent occurrence throughout the Old Testament records, sometimes varying slightly in form in English Versions of the Bible. The Kin...
  [smith] (renowned). Son of Gershon the son of Levi, (Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17,29; 23:7,9,10; Zechariah 12:13) called SHIMI in (Exodus 6:17) (B.C. after 1706.) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of the house of Saul, who l...
  [nave] SHIMEI 1. Called also Shimi. Son of Gershon, Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17; 23:7, 10. 2. A Benjamite. Curses David; David's magnanimity toward, 2 Sam. 16:5-13; 19:16-23, with 1 Kin. 2:36-46. 3. An officer of David, 1 K...
  

• Shaphat

  [ebd] judge. (1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Num. 13:5). (2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19). (3.) One of David's chief herdsmen (1 Chr. 27:29).
  [isbe] SHAPHAT - sha'-fat (shaphat):iah, one of the 70 men whom Ezekiel saw, in his vision of the Temple, sacrificing to idols (Ezek 8:11). (1) The Simeonite spy (Nu 13:5, Saphat). (2) The father of the prophet Elisha (1 Ki 19:16; ...
  [smith] (judge). 1.The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. (Numbers 13:5) (B.C. 1490). The father of the prophet Elisha. (1 Kings 19:18,19; 2 Kings 3:11; 6:31) (B.C. before 900.) One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the royal line of Ju...
  [nave] SHAPHAT 1. The representative of Simeon among the spies sent into Canaan, Num. 13:5. 2. Father of Elisha, 1 Kin. 19:16, 19; 2 Kin. 3:11; 6:31. 3. Son of Shemaiah, 1 Chr. 3:22. 4. A Gadite, 1 Chr. 5:12. 5. Son of Adlai, 1...
  

• 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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