King James Version (KJV)
1 Chronicles 27:3
“Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 27
Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and 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.
Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
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.
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.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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