1 Chronicles 27:3

3 he was of the children of Perez and the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

1 Chronicles 27:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:3

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:2)

1 Chronicles 27:3 In-Context

1 Now the children of Israel according to their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the succession of duties, who came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand:

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 he was of the children of Perez and the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

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 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.