¹And of the sons of Israel, regarding their number of paternal heads and commanders of a thousand and commanders of a hundred and their officials who serve the king in every matter of divisions for rotating duty – the one coming in and the one going out, month by month for all the months of the year – each division was twenty-four thousand strong. ²In charge of the first division, for the first month, was Jashobam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ³One of the sons of Perez was the head of all the commanders of the armies of the first month. ⁴And in charge of the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, with his division. And Mikloth was the leader, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ⁵The third commander of the army, for the third month, was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the head priest, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ⁶He is the Benaiah who was a warrior of the thirty and in charge of the thirty, and in his division was Ammizabad his son. ⁷The fourth commander, for the fourth month, was Asahel, Joab's brother, and Zebadiah his son after him, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ⁸The fifth commander, for the fifth month, was commander Shamhuth the Izrahite, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ⁹The sixth commander, for the sixth month, was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁰The seventh commander, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, one of the sons of Ephraim, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹¹The eighth commander, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, in the line of the Zarhites, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹²The ninth commander, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹³The tenth commander, for the tenth month, was Mahrai the Netophathite, in the line of the Zarhites, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁴The eleventh commander for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, one of the sons of Ephraim, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁵The twelfth commander, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, in the line of Othniel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand men. ¹⁶And over the tribes of Israel, the leader of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites it was Shephatiah the son of Maachah; ¹⁷of the Levites it was Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of the Aaronites it was Zadok; ¹⁸of Judah it was Elihu, one of David's brothers; of Issachar it was Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹of Zebulun it was Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali it was Jerimoth the son of Azriel; ²⁰of the sons of Ephraim it was Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of half of the tribe of Manasseh across the Jordan to the west it was Joel the son of Pedaiah; ²¹of half of the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead it was Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin it was Jaasiel the son of Abner; ²²of Dan it was Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the commanders of the tribes of Israel. ²³But David did not count those from twenty years old and under, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. ²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count the people, but he did not finish, and wrath came over Israel because of this, and the number did not enter into the records of numbers in the Chronicles of King David. ²⁵And in charge of the king's treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel, and in charge of the storehouses in the countryside, in the cities and in the villages and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah. ²⁶And in charge of those who did agricultural work – cultivation of the ground – was Ezri the son of Chelub. ²⁷And in charge of the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite, and in charge of the buildings in the vineyards serving as storehouses for the wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸And in charge of the olive groves and the sycamore fig trees which were in the lowlands was Baal-Hanan the Gederite, and in charge of the storehouses for oil was Joash. ²⁹And in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite, and in charge of the cattle in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. ³⁰And in charge of the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite, and in charge of the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. ³¹And in charge of the sheep was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were officials of the property which King David owned. ³²And Jonathan David's cousin was an adviser; he was an intelligent man and a scribe. And Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons. ³³And Ahithophel was the king's adviser, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend. ³⁴And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. And the commander of the king's army was Joab.