1 Chronicles 27:5 — Meaning and Application

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

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}

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}

This {is that} Benaiah, {who was} mighty {among} the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course {was} Ammizabad his son.

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.