1 Chronicles 27

Military and Civil Organization

¹This is the list of the Israelite heads of families and clan leaders and their officials who administered the work of the kingdom. Each month of the year a different group of twenty-four thousand men was on duty under the commander for that month.

^{2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15}The following were the commanders for each month:

Administration of the Tribes of Israel

^{16-17-18-19-20-21-22}This is the list of the administrators of the tribes of Israel:

²³King David did not take a census of the people who were under the age of twenty, because of the Lord 's promise to make the people of Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.[#Gn 15.5; 22.17; 26.4]

²⁴Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, began to take a census, but he did not complete it. God punished Israel because of this census, so the final figures were never recorded in King David's official records.[#2 S 24.15; 1 Ch 21.1-14]

Administrators of the Royal Property

^{25-26-27-28-29-30-31}This is the list of those who administered the royal property:

David's Personal Advisers

³²Jonathan, King David's uncle, was a skillful adviser and a scholar. He and Jehiel son of Hachmoni were in charge of the education of the king's sons.

³³Ahithophel was adviser to the king, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend and counselor.

³⁴After Ahithophel died, Abiathar and Jehoiada son of Benaiah became advisers. Joab was commander of the royal army.