📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 27:1
What does 1 Chronicles 27:1 mean?
"Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand."
— 1 Chronicles 27:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand.
Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
Explanation
This verse opens a detailed roster in 1 Chronicles 27 describing how King David organized Israel's military manpower. In plain terms, it tells us that Israel's fighting force was arranged into rotating
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