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1 Chronicles 27:2

in 1 Chronicles 27

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV

Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 27

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

First course for the first month - Instead of mentioning first, second, third, etc., month, the Targum names them thus: First month, Nisan; second, Aiyar; third, Sivan; fourth, Tammuz; fifth, Ab; sixth, Elul; seventh, Tishri; eighth, Marchesvan; ninth, Cisleu; tenth, Tebeth; eleventh, Shebat; twelfth, Adar. No mention is made of a veadar or intercalary month.

This site's exposition

the chief fathers and captains

on 1 Chronicles 27:1-2

The chapter opens with a heading before the list itself: twelve courses of twenty and four thousand men, rotating one month at a time through the year, put the crown's standing army near two hundred and eighty eight thousand without any one soldier serving more than a month running. Only the heads of the divisions are named here; the captains of hundreds, the captains of thousands, and the scribes under them belong to a fuller record the Chronicler has abridged.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Over the first course for the first month,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jashobeam - Jashobeam is mentioned in marginal references as the chief of David’s mighty men. He is called in 1Ch 11:11 “the son of Hachmoni.” We learn from 1Ch 27:3 that he was of the tribe of Judah, being descended from Perez (or Pharez), the son of Judah, from whom David himself sprang. See 1Ch 2:3-15.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

in every matter of the divisions All this was from the beginning of his reign and onwards, and since the number of the Levites is stated, he proceeds to relate who the leaders of David’s division were.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 27:1:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַ֞ל[was] over

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • הַמַּחֲלֹ֤קֶתthe division

    hamachaloketH4256 →42 times

  • הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙<the> first

    harishonahH7223 →182 times

  • לַחֹ֣דֶשׁfor the month

    lachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן<the> first

    harishonH7223 →182 times

  • יָֽשָׁבְעָ֖םJashobeam

    yashaveamH3434 →3 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • זַבְדִּיאֵ֑לZabdiel

    zavdielH2068 →

  • וְעַל֙and [were] with

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • מַֽחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹdivision his

    machaluktoH4256 →42 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הand four

    vearbaahH702 →318 times

  • אָֽלֶף׃thousand

    ʾalefH505 →505 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 11:11

    This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 23:8

      These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    • 1 Chronicles 12:18

      Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to…

  • Through

    2 Samuel 23:8

    These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 11:11–47

      This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    • 1 Chronicles 27:32

      David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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