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The Generals of the Army

27 The following is the list of the leaders of the people of Israel, those who were the heads of fathers’ houses and the commanders[a] of military units of a thousand and of a hundred, and the officers who served the king in any matter. They served in divisions that came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year. In every division there were twenty-four thousand men.

Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel. In his division there were twenty-four thousand men. He was from the sons of Perez. He was the head of all the commanders of the army for the first month.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:1 The Hebrew term sar may refer to high-ranking officers in either the army or the civil government. In these lists the translation varies by context.