KJV King James Version
And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;
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1 Chronicles 12:27
And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
WEB World English Bible
Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehoiada is the leader of the Aaronite, and with him are three thousand and seven hundred,
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 12
24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;
28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
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1 Chronicles 27:17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:1 Chronicles 6:49-57But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, [and were appointed] for all the work of the [place] most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.2 Kings 11:9And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.1 Chronicles 9:20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:2 Kings 11:4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.
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