1 Chronicles 27:2
What does 1 Chronicles 27:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 27:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Over the first division for the first month was Ishbaal, the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Over the first course, for the first month, <FI>is<Fi> Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and on his course <FI>are<Fi> twenty and four thousand;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Over the first company the first month Jesboam, the son of Zabdiel was chief, and under him were four and twenty thousand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
Context
v.1Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers’housesand the captains of thousands and of 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.
v.2This passage
v.3He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
- 1 Chronicles 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.
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