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title: "Geneva Study Bible -  1 Chronicles 27"
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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, {a} which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.
(a) Who executed their charge and office, which is meant by coming in and going out.

27:4 And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the {b} ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.
(b) That is, Dodais lieutenant.

27:16 Furthermore {c} over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
(c) Meaning besides those twelve captains.

27:21 Of the {d} half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
(d) Which is beyond Jordan in respect to Judah, also one captain was over the Reubenites and the Gadites.

27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, {e} because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the {f} chronicles of king David.
(e) The commandment of the king was abominable to Joab, [1 Chronicles 21:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/6).
(f) The Hebrews make both these books of Chronicles but one, and at this verse make the middle of the book concerning the number of verses.

27:32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a {g} scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king’s {h} sons:
(g) That is, a man learned in the word of God.
(h) To be their schoolmasters and teachers.

27:34 And {i} after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army [was] Joab.
(i) After Ahithophel hanged himself, [2 Samuel 17:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/23) , Jehoiada was made counsellor.

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