1 Chronicles 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam,¹ and Samuel.² They were leaders of their families.³ In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records.⁴

1 Chronicles 15:12

15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed!⁵ As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family,⁶ but remove the plague from your people!”⁷

1 Chronicles 26:32--27:1

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders.⁸ King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king.⁹

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.¹⁰

¹tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

²tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

³tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

⁴tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

⁵tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

⁶tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

⁷tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

⁹tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”

¹⁰tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”

¹³tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”