1st Chronicles 27

CHAPTER 27

¹Forsooth the sons of Israel by their number, the princes of meines, the tribunes, and centurions, and prefects, that ministered to the king by their companies of knights , entering in and going out by each month in the year, were sovereigns, each by him-self, upon four and twenty thousand.

²Jashobeam, the son of Zabdiel, was sovereign of the first company in the first month, and under him were four and twenty thousand;

³of the sons of Perez, was the prince of all [the] princes in the host, in the first month.

⁴Dodai Ahohite had the company of the second month, and after him-self he had another man, Mikloth by name, that governed a part of the host of four and twenty thousand.

⁵And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, the priest, was duke of the third company in the third month, and four and twenty thousand were in his parting;

⁶that is Benaiah, the strongest man among thirty, and above thirty; and Ammizabad, his son, was sovereign of his company after him .

⁷In the fourth month, the fourth prince was Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah, his son, after him, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

⁸In the fifth month, the fifth prince was Shamhuth Izrahite, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

⁹In the sixth month, the sixth prince was Ira, the son of Ikkesh, Tekoite, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹⁰In the seventh month, the seventh prince was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim, [and] four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹¹In the eighth month, the eighth prince was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the generation of Zarhites or the sons of Zareh , and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹²In the ninth month, the ninth prince was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the generation of Benjamin, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹³In the tenth month, the tenth prince was Maharai, and he was Netophath-ite, of the generation of Zarhites, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹⁴In the eleventh month, the eleventh prince was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹⁵In the twelfth month, the twelfth prince was Heldai the Netophathite, of the generation of Othniel, and four and twenty thousand were in his company.

¹⁶Forsooth these were the sovereigns of the lineages of Israel; duke Eliezer, the son of Zichri, was sovereign to Reubenites; duke Shephatiah, the son of Maachah, was sovereign to Simeon-ites;

¹⁷Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel, was sovereign to the Levites; Zadok was sovereign to Aaronites;

¹⁸Elihu, the brother of David, was sovereign to the lineage of Judah; Omri, the son of Michael, was sov-ereign to Issacharites.

¹⁹Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah, was sovereign to Zebulunites; Jerimoth, the son of Azriel, was sovereign to Naphtalites;

²⁰Hoshea, the son of Azaziah, was sovereign to the sons of Ephraim; Joel, the son of Pedaiah, was sovereign to the half lineage of Manasseh;

²¹and Iddo, the son of Zechariah, was sovereign to the other half lineage of Manasseh in Gilead; and Jaasiel, the son of Abner, was sovereign to Benjamin;

²²and Azareel, the son of Jeroham, was sovereign to Dan; these were the princes of the sons of Israel.

²³And David would not number them that were within twenty years, for the Lord [had] said, that he would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

²⁴Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began for to number Israel , but he fulfilled not; for ire of God fell upon Israel for this thing, and therefore the number of them that were numbered, was not told in the books of chronicles of king David.

²⁵Forsooth Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was sovereign on the treasures [or treasuries] of the king; but Jehona-than, the son of Uzziah, was sovereign over these treasures [or treasuries] , that were in cities, and in towns, and in towers.

²⁶And Ezri, the son of Chelub, was sovereign upon the work of husbandry, and upon [the] earth-tillers, that tilled the land;

²⁷and Shimei the Ramathite was sovereign upon [the] tillers of vineries; and Zabdi the Shiphmite was sovereign upon the wine cellars;

²⁸for Baalhanan the Gederite was sovereign [up] on the olive places, and the fig places, that were in the field places; and Joash was sovereign upon the shops, either cellars , of oil;

²⁹and Shitrai the Sharonite was sovereign upon the droves that were pastured in Sharon; and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, was over the oxen in valleys;

³⁰and Obil of Ishmael was over the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the asses;

³¹and Jaziz the Hagerite was over the sheep; all these were princes of the chattel of king David.

³²And Jonathan, the brother of David’s father, was a counsellor, a mighty man, and prudent, and lettered; he and Jehiel, the son of Hachmoni, were with the sons of the king.

³³Also Ahithophel was a counsellor of the king; and Hushai the Archite was a friend of the king.

³⁴After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; but Joab was prince of the host of the king.