(KJV) 1 Chronicles 271
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⥃Twelve Captains for Twelve Months
[1] Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers2 and captains3 of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served4 the king in any matter5 of the courses, which came in and went out month6 by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand. [2] Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam7 the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [3] Of the children of Perez8 [was] the chief9 of all the captains of the host for the first month. [4] And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai10 an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand. [5] The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah11 the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest12: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [6] This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty13 [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son. [7] The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel14 the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [8] The fifth captain for the fifth month [was] Shamhuth15 the Izrahite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [9] The sixth [captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira16 the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [10] The seventh [captain] for the seventh month [was] Helez17 the Pelonite18, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [11] The eighth [captain] for the eighth month [was] Sibbecai19 the Hushathite, of the Zarhites20: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [12] The ninth [captain] for the ninth month [was] Abi–ezer the Anetothite21, of the Benjamites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [13] The tenth [captain] for the tenth month [was] Maharai22 the Netophathite, of the Zarhites23: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [14] The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month [was] Benaiah24 the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. [15] The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month [was] Heldai25 the Netophathite, of Othniel26: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
⥃The Leaders of the Twelve Tribes
[16] Furthermore27 over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: [17] Of the Levites, Hashabiah28 the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites29, Zadok: [18] Of Judah, Elihu30, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: [19] Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: [20] Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: [21] Of the half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo31 the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner32: [22] Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the princes of the tribes of Israel.
[23] [¶]But David took not33 the number of them from twenty34 years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase35 Israel like to the stars of the heavens. [24] Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number36, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put37 in the account of the chronicles of king David.
⥃David’s Various Overseers
[25] [¶]And over the king’s38 treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses39 in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, [was] Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: [26] And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground [was] Ezri the son of Chelub: [27] And over the vineyards [was] Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards40 for the wine cellars [was] Zabdi the Shiphmite: [28] And over41 the olive trees and the sycomore trees42 that [were] in the low plains [was] Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash: [29] And over the herds that fed in Sharon43 [was] Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds [that were] in the valleys [was] Shaphat the son of Adlai: [30] Over the camels44 also [was] Obil the Ishmaelite45: and over the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite: [31] And over the flocks [was] Jaziz the Hagerite. All these [were] the rulers of the substance which [was] king David’s.
⥃The Counselors
[32] Also Jonathan David’s uncle46 was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe47: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni48 [was] with the king’s sons: [33] And Ahithophel49 [was] the king’s counsellor: and Hushai50 the Archite [was] the king’s companion51: [34] And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar52: and the general53 of the king’s army [was] Joab.
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1Chr 27:1, The twelve captains for every several month; 1Chr 27:16, The princes of the twelve tribes; 1Chr 27:23, The numbering of the people is hindered; 1Chr 27:25, David’s several officers. ↩
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The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations. In this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twentyfour persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom. ↩
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1Chr 11:11; 2Sam 23:8, Adino the Eznite ↩
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1Chr 11:12; 2Sam 23:9, Dodo ↩
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Or, "Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest:" it was Jehoiada, and not Benaiah, who was a priest. 1Chr 18:17; 1Kgs 4:4 ↩
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If this person was the same as Shammoth the Hararite, or Shammah the Harodite, it is probable that he took the denomination Izrahite, from one of his progenitors of the name Izrah, and derived the other from the place of his residence. 1Chr 11:27, Shammoth the Hararite, 1Chr 26:29; 2Sam 23:25, Shammah the Harodite ↩
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2Sam 23:26, Paltite ↩
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1Chr 11:28, Antothite, 2Sam 23:27, Anethothite ↩
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1Chr 11:30, Heled, 2Sam 23:29, Heleb ↩
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These persons, called "princes of the tribes," in 1Chr 27:22, and 1Chr 28:1, appear to have been civil rulers over their several tribes, and honorary men, without pay, not unlike the lords lieutenants of our counties. In this enumeration there is no mention of the tribes of Gad and Asher, probably because they were joined to the neighbouring tribes; or perhaps, the account of these has been lost from the register. ↩
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If Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab, it is probable that he was called by both names. 1Sam 16:6, 1Sam 17:13, 1Sam 17:29, Eliab ↩
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It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable. ↩
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Heb. ascended the number ↩
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Heb. that which was of the vineyards ↩
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The Hebrew shikmin, Syriac shekmo, and Arabic jummeez, is the συκομορος, or sycomore, of the Greeks, so called from συκος, a fig-tree, and μορος a mulberry- tree, because it resembles the latter in its leaves, and the former in its fruits. "The sycamore," says Mr. Norden, "is of the height of a beech, and bears its fruit in a manner quite different from other trees. It has them on the trunk itself, which shoots out little sprigs, in form of grape stalks, at the end of which grow the fruit close to one another, almost like a cluster of grapes. The tree is always green, and bears fruit several times in the year, without observing any certain seasons; for I have seen some sycamores that have given fruit two months after others. The fruit has the figure and smell of real figs, but is inferior to them in the taste, having a disgusting sweetness. Its colour is a yellow, inclining to an ochre, shadowed by a flesh colour. In the inside it resembles the common figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt; the people, for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycomore figs, and a pitcher of water." 1Kgs 20:27 ↩
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2Sam 13:3, 2Sam 21:21, nephew ↩
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or, secretary ↩
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( חַכְמוֹנִי ), or, Hachmonite, 1Chr 11:11 ↩