1 Chronicles 27:3

Of the children of Perez was he, and the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

In Context

2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

4And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course, and Mikloth the ruler; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

Numbers 10:14And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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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