1 Chronicles 27

Now Bani-Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every division were twenty-four thousand. ²Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam Ibn Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ³He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month. ⁴Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁵The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah Ibn Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁶This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his division was Ammizabad his son. ⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁸The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira Ibn Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer Ibn Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah Ibn Maacah: ¹⁷of Levi, Hashabiah Ibn Kemuel: of Harun, Zadok: ¹⁸of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of Dawud: of Issachar, Omri Ibn Mikail: ¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah Ibn Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth Ibn Azriel: ²⁰of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea Ibn Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel Ibn Pedaiah: ²¹of the half -tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo Ibn Zakariyya: of Binyamin, Jaasiel Ibn Abner: ²²of Dan, Azarel Ibn Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel. ²³But Dawud did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Allah had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky. ²⁴Joab Ibn Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king Dawud. ²⁵Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth Ibn Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan Ibn Uzziah: ²⁶Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri Ibn Chelub: ²⁷and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: ²⁸and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: ²⁹and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat Ibn Adlai: ³⁰and over the camels was Obil the Ismailite: and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. ³¹All these were the rulers of the substance which was king Dawud's. ³²Also Jonathan, Dawud's uncle, was a counsellor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel Ibn Hachmoni was with the king's sons: ³³Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend: ³⁴and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada Ibn Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's army was Joab.