1 And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- `are' in each course twenty and four thousand.
And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store, and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, `are' in Jerusalem. And these `are' their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs. And at his hand `is' Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. And at his hand `is' Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Jehovah, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valour. And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs. And at his hand `is' Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host. These `are' those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.
And Uzziah hath a force, making war, going forth to the host, by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah `one' of the heads of the king. The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour `is' two thousand and six hundred; and by their hand `is' the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy.
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 27
In this chapter we have the civil list, including the military,
1Ch 27:1-15
We have here an account of the regulation of the militia of the kingdom. David was himself a man of war, and had done great things with the sword; he had brought into the field great armies. Now here we are told how he marshalled them when God had given him rest from all his enemies. He did not keep them all together, for that would have been a hardship on them and the country; yet he did not disband and disperse them all, for then he would have left his kingdom naked, and his people would have forgotten the arts of war, wherein they had been instructed. He therefore contrived to keep up a constant force, and yet not a standing army. The model is very prudent.
1Ch 27:16-34
We have here an account,