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Leaders of the Tribes

16 The following were the tribes of Israel and their leaders:

TribeLeader
ReubenEliezer son of Zicri
SimeonShephatiah son of Maacah
17 LeviHashabiah son of Kemuel
Aaron (the priests)Zadok
18 JudahElihu (a brother of David)
IssacharOmri son of Michael
19 ZebulunIshmaiah son of Obadiah
NaphtaliJeremoth son of Azriel
20 EphraimHoshea son of Azaziah
Manasseh (west)Joel son of Pedaiah
21 Manasseh in Gilead (east)Iddo son of Zechariah
BenjaminJaasiel son of Abner
22 DanAzarel son of Jeroham

These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

23 When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the Lord had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because[a] the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David’s official records.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:24 Or never finished it, and yet.

Tribal leaders

16 In charge of the tribes of Israel:

for the Reubenites—the leader was Eliezer, Zichri’s son;

for the Simeonites—Shephatiah, Maacah’s son;

17 for the Levites—Hashabiah, Kemuel’s son;

for Aaron—Zadok;

18 for Judah—Eliab,[a] one of David’s relatives;

for Issachar—Omri, Michael’s son;

19 for Zebulun—Ishmaiah, Obadiah’s son;

for Naphtali—Jerimoth, Azriel’s son;

20 for the Ephraimites—Hoshea, Azaziah’s son;

for half the tribe of Manasseh—Joel, Pedaiah’s son;

21 for half the tribe[b] of Manasseh in Gilead—Iddo, Zechariah’s son;

for Benjamin—Jaasiel, Abner’s son;

22 for Dan—Azarel, Jeroham’s son.

These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel. 23 But David didn’t count those younger than 20 years of age, because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. 24 Joab, Zeruiah’s son, began to count them, but he never finished. Since Israel experienced wrath because of this, the number wasn’t entered into the official records of King David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:18 LXX; MT Elihu
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:21 LXX, Vulg; MT lacks for half the tribe.