KJV King James Version
Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 27:2
Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division.
WEB World English Bible
Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
ASV American Standard Version
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Over the first course, for the first month, is Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and on his course are twenty and four thousand;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 27
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.
2 Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
4 And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.
5 The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
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עַ֞לH5921 · aluponהַמַּחֲלֹ֤קֶתH4256 · ma.cha.lo.qetdivisionהָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙H7223 · ri.shonfirstלַחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָרִאשׁ֔וֹןH7223 · ri.shonfirstיָֽשָׁבְעָ֖םH3434 · ya.shov.amJashobeamבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childזַבְדִּיאֵ֑לH2068 · zav.di.elZabdielוְעַל֙H5921 · aluponמַֽחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹH4256 · ma.cha.lo.qetdivisionעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafourאָֽלֶף׃H505 · e.lephthousand
Cross-references
2 Samuel 23:8These [be] the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite: [he lift up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.1 Chronicles 11:11And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.
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