1 Chronicles 27

¹Now the sons of Israel by their number: the heads of the ancestral houses, the commanders of the thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter of the divisions — coming in and going out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division twenty-four thousand.

²Over the first division for the first month: Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

³He was of the sons of Perez, the head over all the army commanders for the first month.

⁴And over the division of the second month: Dodai the Ahohite, and his division with Mikloth the leader; and over his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁵The commander of the army, the third, for the third month: Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest, the chief; and over his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁶He was Benaiah, a warrior of the Thirty and over the Thirty; and his division: Ammizabad his son.

⁷The fourth, for the fourth month — Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; his division numbered twenty-four thousand.

⁸The fifth, for the fifth month — the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; his division numbered twenty-four thousand.

⁹The sixth, for the sixth month: Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

¹⁰The seventh, for the seventh month: Helez the Pelonite, from the sons of Ephraim; and over his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹¹The eighth, for the eighth month — Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; his division numbered twenty-four thousand.

¹²The ninth, for the ninth month: Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjaminites, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

¹³The tenth, for the tenth month: Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites; and over his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁴The eleventh, for the eleventh month — Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; his division numbered twenty-four thousand.

¹⁵The twelfth, for the twelfth month: Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

¹⁶And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites, the leader: Eliezer son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah.

¹⁷For Levi: Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron: Zadok.

¹⁸For Judah: Elihu, one of the brothers of David; for Issachar: Omri son of Michael.

¹⁹For Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel.

²⁰For the sons of Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah.

²¹For the half of Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner.

²²For Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. These are the officers of the tribes of Israel.

²³But David did not count their number for those from twenty years old and younger, because the LORD had said he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

²⁴Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish; and wrath fell upon Israel because of this. And the count was not entered in the chronicles of King David.

²⁵And over the treasuries of the king: Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the storehouses in the countryside, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers: Jonathan son of Uzziah.

²⁶And over those who did the work of the field, for the tillage of the ground: Ezri son of Chelub.

²⁷And over the vineyards: Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards for the wine storehouses: Zabdi the Shiphmite.

²⁸And over the olive trees and sycamore-fig trees that were in the Shephelah: Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the storehouses of oil: Joash.

²⁹And over the cattle grazing in the Sharon: Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the cattle in the valleys: Shaphat son of Adlai.

³⁰And over the camels: Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the female donkeys: Jehdeiah the Meronothite.

³¹And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the officers over the property that belonged to King David.

³²Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and also a scribe; and Jehiel son of Hachmoni was with the sons of the king.

³³And Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

³⁴After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah and Abiathar; and the commander of the king's army was Joab.