1 Chronicles 12:14

12:14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 12:25

12:25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.

1 Chronicles 12:36

12:36 From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.

1 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ²  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

1 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. ³ 

1 Chronicles 27:3

27:3 He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.

1 Chronicles 27:34

27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.

Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

[12:14]  ¹ tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”

[18:15]  ² tn Heb “over.”

[19:8]  ³ tn The words “the news” and “to meet them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.