1Ch 27:1-22 | TSK | e4.org | the chief fathers The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations. In this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom. captains ; ; ; ; served ; , any matter month ,

‏ 1 Chronicles 27:1-22

the chief fathers The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations. In this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom.

captains 1Chr 13:1; Exod 18:25; Deut 1:15; 1Sam 8:12; Mic 5:2

served 1Chr 28:1; 2Chr 17:12-19, 2Chr 26:11-13

any matter 1Kgs 5:14

month 1Kgs 4:7, 1Kgs 4:27

Jashobeam 1Chr 11:11; 2Sam 23:8, Adino the Eznite

Perez Gen 38:29; Num 26:20, Pharez

the chief Gen 49:8-10; Num 7:12, Num 10:14

Dodai 1Chr 11:12; 2Sam 23:9, Dodo

Benaiah Or, "Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest:" it was Jehoiada, and not Benaiah, who was a priest. 1Chr 18:17; 1Kgs 4:4

chief priest or, principal officer, 1Kgs 4:5

mighty 1Chr 11:22-25; 2Sam 22:20-23, 2Sam 23:20-23

Asahel 1Chr 11:26; 2Sam 2:18-23, 2Sam 23:24

Shamhuth If this person was the same as Shammoth the Hararite, or Shammah the Harodite, it is probable that he took the denomination Izrahite, from one of his progenitors of the name Izrah, and derived the other from the place of his residence. 1Chr 11:27, Shammoth the Hararite, 1Chr 26:29; 2Sam 23:25, Shammah the Harodite

Ira 1Chr 11:28; 2Sam 23:26

Helez 1Chr 11:27

Pelonite 2Sam 23:26, Paltite

Sibbecai 1Chr 11:29; 2Sam 21:18

Zarhites Num 26:20

Anetothite 1Chr 11:28, Antothite, 2Sam 23:27, Anethothite

Maharai 1Chr 11:30; 2Sam 23:28

Zarhites 1Chr 27:11

Benaiah 1Chr 11:31; 2Sam 23:30

Heldai 1Chr 11:30, Heled, 2Sam 23:29, Heleb

Othniel 1Chr 4:13; Judg 3:9

Furthermore These persons, called "princes of the tribes," in 1Chr 27:22, and 1Chr 28:1, appear to have been civil rulers over their several tribes, and honorary men, without pay, not unlike the lords lieutenants of our counties. In this enumeration there is no mention of the tribes of Gad and Asher, probably because they were joined to the neighbouring tribes; or perhaps, the account of these has been lost from the register.

Hashabiah 1Chr 26:30

of the Aaronites 1Chr 12:27-28, 1Chr 24:4, 1Chr 24:31

Elihu If Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab, it is probable that he was called by both names. 1Sam 16:6, 1Sam 17:13, 1Sam 17:29, Eliab

Iddo 1Kgs 4:14

Abner 1Sam 14:50-51; 2Sam 3:27, 2Sam 3:37