1 Chronicles 27 - Easy To Read Version Easy To Read Version
1 Chronicles 27

¹ This is the list of the Israelite people that served the king in the army. Each group was on duty one month each year. There were rulers of families, captains, generals, and the policemen that served the king. Each army group had 24,000 men.

² Jashobeam was in charge of the first group for the first month. Jashobeam was Zabdiel’s son. There were 24,000 men in Jashobeam’s group.

³ Jashobeam was one of Perez’s descendants. {\cf2\super [295]} Jashobeam was leader of all the army officers for the first month.

⁴ Dodai was in charge of the army group for the second month. He was from Ahoah. There were 24,000 men in Dodai’s group.

⁵ The third commander was Benaiah. Benaiah was the commander for the third month. Benaiah was Jehoiada’s son. Jehoiada was the leading priest. There were 24,000 men in Benaiah’s group.

⁶ He was the same Benaiah that was a brave soldier from the Thirty Heroes. Benaiah led those men. Benaiah’s son Ammizabad was in charge of Banaiah’s group.

⁷ The fourth commander was Asahel. Asahel was the commander for the fourth month. Asahel was Joab’s brother. Later, Asahel’s son Zebadiah took his place as commander. There were 24,000 men in Asahel’s group.

⁸ The fifth commander was Shamhuth. Shamhuth was the commander for the fifth month. Shamhuth was from Zerah’s family. There were 24,000 men in Shamhuth’s group.

⁹ The sixth commander was Ira. Ira was the commander for the sixth month. Ira was Ikkesh’s son. Ikkesh was from the town of Tekoa. There were 24,000 men in Ira’s group.

¹⁰ The seventh commander was Helez. Helez was the commander for the seventh month. He was from the Pelonite people, and a descendant {\cf2\super [296]} of Ephraim. There were 24,000 men in Helez’ group.

¹¹ The eighth commander was Sibbecai. Sibbecai was the commander for the eighth month. Sibbecai was from Hushah. Sibbecai was from Zerah’s family. There were 24,000 men in Sibbecai’s group.

¹² The ninth commander was Abiezer. Abiezer was the commander for the ninth month. Abiezer was from the town of Anathoth. Abiezer was from the family group of Benjamin. There were 24,000 men in Abiezer’s group.

¹³ The tenth commander was Maharai. Maharai was the commander for the tenth month. Maharai was from Netophah. He was from Zerah’s family. There were 24,000 men in Maharai’s group.

¹⁴ The eleventh commander was Benaiah. Benaiah was the commander for the eleventh month. Benaiah was from Pirathon. Benaiah was from the Ephraim family group. There were 24,000 men in Benaiah’s group.

¹⁵ The twelfth commander was Heldai. Heldai was the commander for the twelfth month. Heldai was from Netophah. Heldai was from Othniel’s family. There were 24,000 men in Heldai’s group.

¹⁶ The leaders of the family groups of Israel were:

¹⁷ Levi: Hashabiah son of Kemuel.\par Aaron: Zadok.\par

¹⁸ Judah: Elihu. (Elihu was one of David’s brothers.)\par Issachar: Omri son of Michael.\par

¹⁹ Zebulun: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah.\par Naphtali: Jeremoth son of Azriel.\par

²⁰ Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah.\par West Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah.\par

²¹ East Manasseh: Iddo son of Zechariah.\par Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner.\par

²² Dan: Azarel son of Jeroham.\par

²³ \{David decided to count the men in Israel.\} There were very many people because God promised to make the people of Israel as many as the stars in the sky. So David only counted the men that were 20 years old and older.

²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the people, but he did not finish. {\cf2\super [297]} God became angry with the people of Israel. That is why the number of the people was not put in the book The History of King David.

²⁵ This is the list of men that were responsible for the king’s property:

²⁶ Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the\par field workers.\par

²⁷ Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the\par fields of grapes.\par Zabdi from Shepham was in charge of the\par storage and care of the wine that came\par from the fields of grapes.\par

²⁸ Baal Hanan from Geder was in charge of\par the olive trees and sycamore trees\par in the western hill country.\par Joash was in charge of storing\par the olive oil.\par

²⁹ Shitrai from Sharon was in charge of\par the cattle around Sharon.\par Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of\par the cattle in the valleys.\par

³⁰ Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of\par the camels.\par Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge\par of the donkeys.\par

³¹ Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge\par of the sheep.\par

³² Jonathan was a wise counselor and a scribe. {\cf2\super [298]} Jonathan was David’s uncle. Jehiel son of Hacmoni took care of the king’s sons.

³³ Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai was the king’s friend. Hushai was from the Arkite people.

³⁴ Jehoiada and Abiathar later took Ahithophel’s place as the king’s counselor. Jehoiada was Benaiah’s son. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.