1 Chronicles 27:2

Over the first division for the first month was Jashob'am the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

Leeser Tanakh

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

1And [these are] the children of Israel after their number; [to wit,] the chiefs of the family divisions and the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, that came in and went out month by month, throughout all the months of the year, every division being twenty and four thousand.

3[He] of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the armies for the first month.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashoh'am, the son of Chachmoni, the chief of the captains, who lifted up his spear against three hundred slain at one time.

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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