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27 The people of Isra’el, registered according to their clan leaders, were drafted for army duty under captains of thousands and of hundreds, and officers serving the king, in divisions of 24,000 each, for month-long terms of duty covering all the months of the year.

Over the first division, for the first month, was Yashov‘am the son of Zavdi’el; there were 24,000 in his division. He was from the descendants of Peretz and was in charge of all the army captains during the first month.

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