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1 Chronicles 27:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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 27:5
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3 He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
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.
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.
6 This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son.
7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
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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 27:6
"This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son."
1 Chronicles 27:7
"The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand."
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