KJV King James Version
The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 27:7
The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.
WEB World English Bible
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
ASV American Standard Version
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The fourth, for the fourth month, is Asahel brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 27
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.
6 This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son.
7 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
8 The fifth captain for the fifth month [was] Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
9 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
10 The seventh [captain] for the seventh month [was] Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
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הָֽרְבִיעִ֞יH7243 · re.vi.ifourthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָרְבִיעִ֗יH7243 · re.vi.ifourthעֲשָׂה־H6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelאֵל֙H6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelאֲחִ֣יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingיוֹאָ֔בH3097 · yo.avJoabוּזְבַדְיָ֥הH2069 · ze.vad.yahZebadiahבְנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childאַחֲרָ֑יוH310 · a.charafterוְעַל֙H5921 · aluponמַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹH4256 · ma.cha.lo.qetdivisionעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafourאָֽלֶף׃ סH505 · e.lephthousand
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 11:26Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,2 Samuel 23:24Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,2 Samuel 2:18-23And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.
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