1 Chronicles 12:27
And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
Revised Version 1895
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.
28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
Cross References
2 Kings 11:4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.
2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
1 Chronicles 9:20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time 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 →