1 Chronicles 27:16

Now those who were first over the tribes of Israel were these: over the Reubenites, Eliezer, the son of Zichri, was the ruler; over the Simeonites, Shephatiah, the son of Maacah, was the ruler;

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In The King James Version

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

In Context

15The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai, a Netophathite from the stock of Othniel; and in his company there were twenty-four thousand.

17over the Levites, Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel; over the Aaronites, Zadok;

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Exodus 1:1These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:

Numbers 1:16These are the very noble leaders of the multitude, by their tribes and kinships, and the heads of the army of Israel.

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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