1 Chronicles 27:3

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

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

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Cross References

Genesis 49:8Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down unto thee.

Numbers 10:14And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward at the first, according to their armies: and over their host was Nachshon 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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