27 Of the princes and rulers that ministered unto the King.

The children of Israel also after their number, even the chief fathers and captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king by divers [a]courses, [b]which came in and went out, month by month throughout all the months of the year: in every course were four and twenty thousand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:1 Hebrew, divisions, or bands.
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:1 Which executed their charge and office, which is meant by coming in, and going out.

Army Divisions

27 This is the list of the Israelites—heads of families, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all that concerned the army divisions that were on duty month by month throughout the year. Each division consisted of 24,000 men.

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