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Now in charge of the tribes of Israel: chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;

for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;

for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel;

for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;

for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;

for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. ^(C1)These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

But David did not ^(F1)count those twenty years of age and under, ^(C1)because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel ^(C2)as the stars of heaven.

Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of ^(C1)this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.