1 Chronicles 12:27
And Jehoyada' was the leader of the family of Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
In Context
26Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
28Also Zadok, a young man, mighty of valor, and his family division twenty and two chiefs.
Cross References
2 Kings 11:4And in the seventh year Yehoyada' sent and fetched the rulers over the hundreds, of the guards and the runners, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and made them swear in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king's son.
2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief-priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
1 Chronicles 9:20And Phinehas the son of El'azar was the ruler over them in times past; [and] the Lord was with him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:24-40
David's Army. ( b. c. 1048.) 23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord . 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the… Read the whole commentary →