Commanders of the Divisions

¹Now this is the total count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households , the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

Chief Officers of the Tribes

¹⁶Now those over the tribes of Israel:

²³But David did not take up a count of those twenty years of age and under, because Yahweh had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to number them , but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and this count was not included in the total count of the chronicles of King David.[#27:24 Lit the]

Officials over David’s Possessions

Counselors