1 Chronicles 27:7

Contextual Overview

¹This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 in each division: ¹ Now the children of Yisra'el after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every course were twenty-four thousand. ¹ Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. ¹ This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000: ¹ This is the list of the Israelites who served the king in the army. Each division was on duty one month each year. There were leaders of families, commanders of a hundred men, commanders of a thousand men, and other officers. Each division had twenty-four thousand men. ¹ What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. ¹This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000: ¹ Now this is the number of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the months of the year, each division numbering twenty-four thousand: ¹ Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every course were twenty-four thousand. ¹ The children of Israel also after their nomber, euen the chiefe fathers and captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and their officers that serued the King by diuers courses, which came & in went out, moneth by moneth throughout al the moneths of the yeere: in euery course were foure and twentie thousand.

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Asahel: 1 Chronicles 11:26, 2 Samuel 2:18-23, 2 Samuel 23:24

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing, with which Moshe the man of God blessed the children of Yisra'el before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
Moses, the man of God, gave this blessing to the Israelites before he died.

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1
Nowe this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Asahel died before the courses, as here described, could have been instituted. Perhaps the arrangements of David in his later years were based upon institutions belonging to the period of his reign at Hebron.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 27:7. Asahel the brother of Joab — This verse proves that the division and arrangement mentioned above were made before David was acknowledged king in Hebron; for Asahel, the brother of Joab, who was fourth captain, was slain by Abner, while Ishbosheth reigned over Israel at Mahanaim, 2 Samuel 2:19-23.