27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit],
the chief fathers, and captains of thousands and hundreds, and
their officers that served the king in any matter of the
courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout
all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and
four thousand.
27:2 Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam
the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four
thousand.
27:3 Of the children of Perez, [was] the chief of all the
captains of the host for the first month.
27:4 And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an
Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his
course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.
27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month [was]
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course
[were] twenty and four thousand.
27:6 This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the
thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad
his son.
27:7 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the
brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand.
27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month [was] Shamhuth the
Izrahite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
27:9 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira the son
of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were] twenty and four
thousand.
27:10 The seventh [captain] for the seventh month [was] Helez
the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course
[were] twenty and four thousand.
27:11 The eighth [captain] for the eighth month [was] Sibbecai
the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were]
twenty and four thousand.
27:12 The ninth [captain] for the ninth month [was] Abiezer the
Anetothite, of the Benjaminites: and in his course [were]
twenty and four thousand.
27:13 The tenth [captain] for the tenth month [was] Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27:14 The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month [was]
Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand.
27:15 The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month [was] Heldai
the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the
Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,
Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the
Aaronites, Zadok:
27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of
Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali,
Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
27:21 Of the half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the
princes of the tribes of Israel.
27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years
old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase
Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished
not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither
was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king
David.
27:25 And over the king's treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of
Adiel: and over the store-houses in the fields, in the cities,
and in the villages, and in the castles, [was] Jehonathan the
son of Uzziah:
27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage
of the ground [was] Ezri the son of Chelub:
27:27 And over the vineyards [was] Shimei the Ramathite: over
the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars [was] Zabdi
the Shiphmite:
27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that
[were] in the low plains [was] Baal-hanan the Gederite: and
over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:
27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon [was] Shitrai the
Sharonite: and over the herds [that were] in the valleys [was]
Shaphat the son of Adlai:
27:30 Over the camels also [was] Obil the Ishmaelite: and over
the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
27:31 And over the flocks [was] Jaziz the Hagerite. All these
[were] the rulers of the substance which [was] king David's.
27:32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a wise man,
and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the
king's sons:
27:33 And Ahithophel [was] the king's counselor: and Hushai the
Archite [was] the king's companion:
27:34 And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah,
and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.
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