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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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• Iddo

  [ebd] (1.) Timely (1 Chr. 6:21). A Gershonite Levite. (2.) Lovely. The son of Zechariah (1 Chr. 27:21), the ruler of Manasseh in David's time. (3.) Timely. The father of Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:14)....
  [isbe] IDDO - id'-o: (1) ('iddo (?[~'adhadh, "to be strong"), "hap," "happy" (?), Ezr 8:17): The "chief at the place Casiphia," who provided Ezra with Levites and Nethinim, the head of the Levitical body or school, said to be one o...
  [smith] (timely or lovely). The father of Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:14) A descendant of Gershom, son of Levi. (1 Chronicles 6:21) Son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan in the time of David. (1 Chronicle...
  [nave] IDDO 1. Father of Ahinadab, 1 Kin. 4:14. 2. A descendant of Gershom, 1 Chr. 6:21. 3. A son of Zechariah, 1 Chr. 27:21. 4. A prophet, 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 13:22. 5. Ancestor of Zechariah, Ezra 5:1; 6:14; Zech. 1:1, 7. 6. ...
  

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• 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...
  

• Adiel

  [ebd] ornament of God. (1.) The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25). (2.) A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:36). (3.) A priest (1 Chr. 9:12).
  [isbe] ADIEL - ad'-i-el (`adhi'el, "ornament of God"): (1) One of the "princes" of the tribe of Simeon, who, in the days of Hezekiah, smote the aborigines of Gedor and captured the valley (1 Ch 4:36 ff). (2) Father of Maasai, one o...
  [smith] (ornament of God). A prince of the tribe of Simeon, descended from the prosperous family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) He took part in the murderous raid made by his tribe upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds of the valle...
  [nave] ADIEL 1. A man of the tribe of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:36. 2. A priest, 1 Chr. 9:12. 3. Father of Azmaveth, 1 Chr. 27:25.
  

• Obil

  [ebd] a keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was "over the camels" in the time of David (1 Chr. 27:30).
  [isbe] OBIL - o'-bil ('obhil, "camel driver"): An Ishmaelite who was "over the camels" in David's palace (1 Ch 27:30).
  [smith] (chief of the camels), a keeper of the herds of camels in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:30) (B.C. 1050.)
  [nave] OBIL, an Ishmaelite. Camel keeper for David, 1 Chr. 27:30.
  

• 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...
  

• Cellar

  [ebd] a subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse. The word is also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51) and of the king (14:26). The Hebrew word is rendered "garner" in Joel 1:17, and "armoury" in Jer. 5...
  [isbe] CELLAR - sel'-er, sel'-ar (krupte; 'otsar): Krupte is found only in Lk 11:33, and is rendered "cellar" in the Revised Version (British and American); the King James Version has "secret place." In this passage it doubtless me...
  [nave] CELLAR, for wine, 1 Chr. 27:27. Oil, 1 Chr. 27:28.
  

• 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...
  

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