Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers` [houses] and 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.
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This verse is a general heading for the list in 1 Chronicles 27:2–15. The heading has been taken from a fuller and more elaborate descr…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Now the children of Israel. —This first verse is the heading or superscription of the list which follows.
After the…
John Gill
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Now the children of Israel after their number
Not the whole body of the people, but the militia of the nation; for a…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
In the kingdoms of this world, readiness for war forms a security for peace; likewise, nothing encourages Satan's assaults so much as being unwatch…
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