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## 1 Chronicles 27:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/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.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/27/3) Of the children of Perez *was* the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/27/5) 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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/27/6) This *is that* Benaiah, *who was* mighty *among* the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course *was* Ammizabad his son.
 
 [7 ](/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.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/27/8) The fifth captain for the fifth month *was* Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course *were* twenty and four thousand.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/27/9) The sixth *captain* for the sixth month *was* Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course *were* twenty and four thousand.
 
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