1 Chronicles 27:12 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

1 Chronicles 27:12

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.

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I & II Chronicles

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them "words of days," that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, "of things omitted," that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, etc., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of "the Word of God" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare II Chronicles 19:7 with I Peter 1:17; II Chronicles 24:19-21 with Matthew 23:32-35).