CHAPTER 27

¹And the Israelites according to their count, heads of the patriarchal houses and officers of the thousands and the hundreds and their overseers ministering to the king in every affair of the orders coming and going each month during all the months of the year, each order having twenty-four thousand men. ²Over the first order for the first month: Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, over his order of twenty-four thousand men. ³Of the sons of Perez, head of all the army officers for the first month; ⁴and over the order of the second month, Dodai the Ahohite, and Mikloth was the supervisor, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ⁵The third army officer for the third month was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the head priest, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ⁶This was the Benaiah who was a warrior among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and over his order was Ammizabad his son. ⁷And the fourth for the fourth month Asahel brother of Joab and Zebadiah his son after him, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ⁸The fifth for the fifth month was the officer Shamhuth the Izrahite, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ⁹The sixth for the sixth month was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁰The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹¹The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zarhites, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹²The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezar the Anathothite of the Benjaminites, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹³The tenth for the tenth month was Mahrai the Netophathite of the Zarhites, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁴The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁵The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel, and his order was twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁶And over the tribes of Israel, of the Reubenites Eliezer son of Zichri was supervisor. Of the Simeonites Shephatiah son of Maachah. ¹⁷Of the Levites Hashabiah son of Kemuel of Aaron, Zadok. ¹⁸Of Judah, Elihu of the brothers of David. Of Issachar, Omri son of Michael. ¹⁹Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah. Of Naphtali, Jeri-moth son of Azriel. ²⁰Of the Ephraimites, Hosea son of Azaziah. Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah. ²¹Of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah. Of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner. ²²Of Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the officers of the tribes of Israel. ²³And David did not count their numbers from the age of twenty and below, for the LORD had said to multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. ²⁴Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them but did not finish, and this became grounds for fury against Israel, and their count was not included in the count of the acts of King David. ²⁵And over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth son of Adiel, and over the treasuries in the open country, in the towns, in the villages, and in the citadels, Jehonathan son of Uzziah. ²⁶And over those doing the tasks of the open country for the tilling of the soil, Ezri son of Chelub. ²⁷And over the vineyards, Shimei the Ramathite, and over what was in the vineyards for the stores of wine, Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸And over the olive trees and the sycamores that were on the coastal plain, Baal-Hanan the Gederite. And over the stores of oil, Joash. ²⁹And over the cattle grazing in Sharon, Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the cattle in the valleys, Shaphat son of Adlai. ³⁰And over the camels, Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the she-asses, Jehdeiah the Meronothite. ³¹And over the sheep, Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the officers of the property that belonged to King David. ³²And Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was councillor, a discerning man and a scribe. He and Jehiel son of Hachmoni were with the king’s sons. ³³And Ahithophel was the king’s councillor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion. ³⁴And after Ahithophel were Jehoiada son of Benaiah and Abiathar, and the commander of the king’s army was Joab.