Leaders of the Army

27 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 troops.^[a]

² Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 troops. ³ He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.

⁴ Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month; Mikloth was the next in rank.^[b] His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

⁵ The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 troops. ⁶ Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad.^[c]

⁷ The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him.^[d] His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

⁸ The fifth, assigned the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

⁹ The sixth, assigned the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹⁰ The seventh, assigned the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹¹ The eighth, assigned the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹² The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹³ The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹⁴ The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹⁵ The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,000 troops.

¹⁶ The officers of the Israelite tribes:

Eliezer son of Zikri was the leader of the Reubenites,

Shephatiah son of Maacah led the Simeonites,

¹⁷ Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites,

Zadok led the descendants of Aaron,

¹⁸ Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah,

Omri son of Michael led Issachar,

¹⁹ Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun,

Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali,

²⁰ Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites,

Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,

²¹ Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead,

Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin,

²² Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan.

These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.

²³ David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel^[e] because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll^[f] called The Annals of King David.

Royal Officials

²⁵ Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses;

Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers.

²⁶ Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land.^[g]

²⁷ Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards;

Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards.^[h]

²⁸ Baal Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills;^[i]

Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.

²⁹ Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon;

Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys.

³⁰ Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels;

Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

³¹ Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.

All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.

³² Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe;^[j]

Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for^[k] the king’s sons.

³³ Ahithophel was the king’s adviser;

Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant.^[l]

³⁴ Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.

Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.