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 7:7

7:7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.

1 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: ⁵ 

Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. ⁶  He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 12:19

12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined ⁸  David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”) ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 16:5

16:5 Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals;

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 26:32--27:1

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. ¹²  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. ¹³ 

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. ¹⁴ 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

[7:2]  ² tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”

[11:11]  ⁶ tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).

[11:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”

[12:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “fell upon,” here in a good sense.

[12:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to his master Saul.’”

[23:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

[24:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”

[26:32]  ²¹ tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”

[26:32]  ²² tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”

[27:1]  ²⁵ tn 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.”