1 Chronicles 27:1-15

The Voice

27 These are the Israelites (the families’ leaders, the commanders of hundreds and thousands) and their officers who performed their duties for the king on a monthly rotation (one division for each month of the year).

Each division had 24,000 men: ^2-3 Jashobeam (son of Zabdiel, a Perezite) was the leader of all the commanders of the army and the leader of the first division during the first month. ⁴ Dodai the Ahohite and his division led the division for the second month under Mikloth, their chief officer. ⁵ Benaiah (son of Jehoiada, the priest) led the third division in the third month. ⁶ He was a powerful man, in charge of his thirty. Ammizabad (Benaiah’s son) led his father’s division. ⁷ Asahel (brother of Joab) and Zebadiah his son after him led the fourth division in the fourth month. ⁸ Shamhuth the Izrahite led the fifth division in the fifth month. ⁹ Ira (son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite) led the sixth division in the sixth month. ¹⁰ Helez (the Pelonite of the Ephraimites) led the seventh division in the seventh month. ¹¹ Sibbecai (the Hushathite of the Zerahites) led the eighth division in the eighth month. ¹² Abiezer (the Anathothite of the Benjaminites) led the ninth division in the ninth month. ¹³ Maharai (the Netophathite of the Zerahites) led the tenth division in the tenth month. ¹⁴ Benaiah (the Pirathonite of the Ephraimites) led the eleventh division in the eleventh month. ¹⁵ Heldai (the Netophathite of Othniel) led the twelfth division in the twelfth month.