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As for the Hebronites, ^(C1)Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, ^(F1)were responsible for the affairs of Israel ^(F2)west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.

As for the Hebronites, ^(C1)Jerijah the chief ^(F1)(these Hebronites were sought out according to their genealogies and fathers' households, in the fortieth year of David's reign, and men of outstanding capability were found among them at ^(C2)Jazer of Gilead)

and his relatives, capable men, numbered 2,700, heads of fathers' households. And King David appointed them as overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites ^(C1)concerning ^(F1)all the affairs of God and of the king.