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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

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• 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...
  

• Jehaleleel

  [ebd] praiser of God. (1.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:16). (2.) A Levite of the family of Merari (2 Chr. 29:12).
  

• Jaresiah

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

• JONATHAN (1)

  [isbe] JONATHAN (1) - jon'-a-than (yehonathan, yonathan, "Yahweh has given"; Ionathan; compare JEHONATHAN): (1) (Hebrew yehonathan): The young "Levite" of Judges 17; 18 referred to by name in 18:30, where he is called "the son of G...
  

• Herdsman

  [ebd] In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph's brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh's cattle (Gen. 47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as "keepers of cattle;" and when they left it they too...
  

• Hagarene

  [ebd] or Hagarite. (1.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David's flocks. "A Hagarite had charge of David's flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, be...
  

• 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...
  

• Fenced cities

  [ebd] There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on whic...
  

• 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.
  

• Cattle

  [ebd] abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (Deut. 8:13; 12:21; 1 Sam. 11:5; 12:3; Ps. 144:14; Jer. 3:24). They may be classified as, (1.) Neat cattle. Many hun...
  

• Ass

  [ebd] frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. 'athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the c...
  

• 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...
  

• Archite

  [ebd] the usual designation of Hushai (2 Sam. 15:32; 17:5, 14; 1 Chr. 27:33), who was a native of Archi. He was "the king's friend", i.e., he held office under David similar to that of our modern privy councillor.
  

• 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...
  

• Abiathar

  [ebd] father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing wit...
  

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