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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 who 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-four thousand.
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David's Organized Army
Commentators explain that this verse introduces a highly organized national militia. The army consisted of 12 divisions of 24,000 men each. These divisions, or 'courses,' served on a rotating monthly basis, ensuring a constant state of readiness for the kingdom while only requiring each soldier to serve one month per year.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 27:1
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 1 Chronicles 27:1
19th Century
Bishop
Now the children of Israel. —This first verse is the heading or superscription of the list which follows.
After the…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 27:1
17th Century
Pastor
Now the children of Israel after their number
Not the whole body of the people, but the militia of the nation; for a…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 27:1–15
17th Century
Minister
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…