1 Chronicles 27:2

Over the first division for the first month was Ishbaal, the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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In The King James Version

Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

In Context

1Now the number of the children of Israel, that is, the heads of families, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the men in authority who were servants of the king in anything to do with the divisions which came in and went out month by month through all the months of the year, in every division were twenty-four thousand.

3He was of the sons of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:11This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 27:2-16

The Officers of the Army. ( b. c. 1015.) 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. 2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the children of Perez was the… Read the whole commentary →

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