1 Chronicles 27:29 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And over the herds that fed in Sharon {was} Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds {that were} in the valleys {was} Shaphat the son of Adlai:”

1 Chronicles 27:29

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And over the vineyards {was} Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars {was} Zabdi the Shiphmite: {over the increase...: Heb. over that which was of the vineyards}

And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that {were} in the low plains {was} Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil {was} Joash:

And over the herds that fed in Sharon {was} Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds {that were} in the valleys {was} Shaphat the son of Adlai:

Over the camels also {was} Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses {was} Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

And over the flocks {was} Jaziz the Hagerite. All these {were} the rulers of the substance which {was} king David's.

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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."

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."

1 Chronicles 27:3

"Of the children of Perez {was} the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month."

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. {Dodai: also called, Dodo}"

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. {chief...: or, principal officer}"

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."

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