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1 Chronicles 27:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of King David. "
1 Chronicles 27:24
Verse in Context
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22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
23 But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of King David.
25 Over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. Over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers was Jonathan the son of Uzziah;
26 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub.
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1 Chronicles 27:1
"Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand."
1 Chronicles 27:2
"Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel. In his division were twenty-four thousand."
1 Chronicles 27:3
"He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month."
1 Chronicles 27:4
"Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite and his division, and Mikloth the ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand."
1 Chronicles 27:5
"The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest. In his division were twenty-four thousand."
1 Chronicles 27:6
"This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son."
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