Commanders of the Army

27 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:

² Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel ^[a](A)had charge of the first division for the first month; and in his division were 24,000. ³ He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month. ⁴ Dodai the Ahohite and his division had charge of the division for the second month, Mikloth being the chief officer; and in his division were 24,000. ⁵ The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000. ⁶ This Benaiah was the mighty man of the thirty, and had charge of thirty; and over his division was Ammizabad his son. ⁷ The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000. ⁸ The fifth for the fifth month was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000. ⁹ The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were 24,000. ¹⁰ The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000. ¹¹ The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000. ¹² The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjamites; and in his division were 24,000. ¹³ The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000. ¹⁴ The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000. ¹⁵ The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel; and in his division were 24,000.

Chief Officers of the Tribes

¹⁶ Now in charge of the tribes of Israel: chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; ¹⁷ for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok; ¹⁸ for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹ for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel; ²⁰ for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; ²¹ for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; ²² for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. ^(B)These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. ²³ But David did not ^[b]count those twenty years of age and under, ^(C)because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel ^(D)as the stars of heaven. ²⁴ Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of ^(E)this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.

Various Overseers

²⁵ Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel had charge of the king’s storehouses. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah had charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers. ²⁶ Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the ^[c]agricultural workers who tilled the soil. ²⁷ Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the ^[d]produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars. ²⁸ Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and ^(F)sycamore trees in the ^[e]Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil. ²⁹ Shitrai the Sharonite had charge of the cattle which were grazing in ^(G)Sharon; and Shaphat the son of Adlai had charge of the cattle in the valleys. ³⁰ Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys. ³¹ Jaziz the ^(H)Hagrite had charge of the flocks. All these were ^[f]overseers of the property which belonged to King David.

Counselors

³² Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni ^[g]tutored the king’s sons. ^33 (I)Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and ^(J)Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend. ³⁴ Jehoiada the son of ^(K)Benaiah, and ^(L)Abiathar ^[h]succeeded Ahithophel; and Joab was the ^(M)commander of the king’s army.

Message to Ephesus

2 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Ephesus write:

The One who holds ^(B)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ^[a](C)among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

² ‘^(D)I know your deeds and your toil and ^[b]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you ^(E)put to the test those who call themselves ^(F)apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; ³ and you have ^[c]perseverance and have endured ^(G)for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary. ⁴ But I have this against you, that you have ^(H)left your first love. ⁵ Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and ^(I)repent and ^(J)do the ^[d]deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your ^(K)lampstand out of its place—unless you repent. ⁶ Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the ^(L)Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ^7 (M)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(N)To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of ^(O)the tree of life which is in the ^(P)Paradise of God.’

Message to Smyrna

⁸ “And to the angel of the church in ^(Q)Smyrna write:

^(R)The first and the last, who ^[e](S)was dead, and has come to life, says this:

⁹ ‘I know your ^(T)tribulation and your ^(U)poverty (but you are ^(V)rich), and the blasphemy by those who ^(W)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(X)Satan. ¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(Y)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(Z)for ten days. ^[f]Be ^(AA)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(AB)the crown of life. ^11 (AC)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(AD)He who overcomes will not be hurt by the ^(AE)second death.’