David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.

David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.

David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan. These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.

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

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep. All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.

The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.

They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.

David assembled in Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.

the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”

David told Joab and the leaders of the army, “Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.”