1 Chronicles 27:1

The Military Divisions

1 And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.

2 Over the first division for the first month was ^aJashobeam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand;

3 he was of the children of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

4 Over the division of the second month was¹ Dodai an Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was the leader; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

5 The third captain of the army for the third month was ^aBenaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

6 This was the Benaiah who was ^amighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son.

7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was ^aAsahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was¹ Shamhuth the Izrahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was ^aIra the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was ^aHelez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was ^aSibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was ^aAbiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was ^aMaharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was ^aBenaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was¹ Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Leaders of Tribes

16 Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the officer over the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; over the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;

17 over the Levites, ^aHashabiah the son of Kemuel; over the Aaronites, Zadok;

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American Standard Version
Now the children of Israel after their number, `to wit', the heads of fathers' `houses' and the captains of thousands and of 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.

Amplified® Bible
THIS IS the list of the Israelites, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions that came and went, month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000.

Contemporary English Version
Each month a group of twenty-four thousand men served as soldiers in Israel's army. These men, which included the family leaders, army commanders, and officials of the king, were under the command of the following men, arranged by the month of their service:

Darby English Version
And [these] are the children of Israel after their number, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout the months of the year; in every division were twenty-four thousand.

Good News Bible
This is the list of the Israelite heads of families and clan leaders and their officials who administered the work of the kingdom. Each month of the year a different group of twenty-four thousand men was on duty under the commander for that month.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Now {this is} the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' {households,} the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division {numbering} 24,000:

New International Version
This is the list of the Israelites—heads of families, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all that concerned the army divisions that were on duty month by month throughout the year. Each division consisted of 24,000 men.

New King James Version
And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now this we calculate as the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

Revised Standard Version
This is the list of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering twenty-four thousand:

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- `are' in each course twenty and four thousand.

New English Translation
What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men.¹

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