Verse 1

And Dauid gathered all the lordes of Israel, the lordes of the tribes, the lordes of the companies that ministred to the king by course, ye captaines ouer the thousandes and ouer the hundredes, & the lordes that had the ouersight ouer all the substaunce and possession of Dauid, & of his sonnes, with the chamberlaynes, & al the mightie and valiaunt, and all actiue men, vnto Hierusalem.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 11:10-47 : 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had, and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king, according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had: Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie: he lift vp his speare against three hundred, and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite, which was one of the three mightiest: 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile: And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly, and the people fled before the Philistines. 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde, and saued it, and slue the Philistines, and the Lorde gaue a great victorie. 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid, into the caue Adullam: And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim. 16 And when Dauid was in the holde, the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed, and sayde: Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem. 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines, and drewe water out of the wel that was by ye gate at Bethlehem, and toke it and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse, Dauid woulde not drinke of it, but rather offered it to the Lorde, 19 And sayd: my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing: Shall I drinke the blood of these men, that haue put their liues in ieoperdie? for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it: therefore he would not drinke it. And this did these three mightiest. 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab, he also was captayne among three: For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred, and wounded them, and had a name among the three: 21 Yea among three, he was more honorable then the two, for he was their captayne: Howbeit, he attayned not to the first three. 22 Banaia ye sonne of Iehoiada, the sonne of a very strong man, which had done many actes, of Cabzeel: he slue two strong lions of Moab, & went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe. 23 And he slue an Egyptian, whose stature was euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame: And the other went downe to him with a waster, & plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slue him with his owne speare. 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three mightiest, 25 And was honorable among thirtie: but attayned not vnto the first three: And Dauid made him of his counsaile. 26 The other men of armes were these: Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan his vncles sonne, of Bethlehem: 27 Samoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite, 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite, Abieser the Anatothite, 29 Sibbecai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite, Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite, 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayued to the children of Beniamin, Benaia the Phirathonite, 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas, Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite, Elihaba the Salabonite. 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite: Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite, 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Ur. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahia the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the sonne of Ezbai, 38 Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the sonne of Hagari, 39 Zelec the Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the bearer of the harnesse of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia, 40 Ira the Iethrite, and Gareb a Iethrite, 41 Uria the Hethite, and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai, 42 Adina the sonne of Sisa a Rubenite a captaine of the Rubenites, and thirtie with him. 43 Hanan the sonne of Maacah, and Iosaphat a Mithanite, 44 Uzzia an Astherathite, Sama & Iehiel the sonnes of Hothan an Aroerite: 45 Iediel the sonne of Zimri, and Ioha his brother a Thosaite, 46 Eliel a Mahauite, Ieribai and Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaam, and Iithma a Moabite, 47 Eliel and Obed, and Iasiel a Mesobaite.
• 1 Chr 23:2 : 2 And then he gathered together all the lordes of Israel, with the priestes and the Leuites.
• 1 Chr 27:1-9 : 1 The children of Israel, after the number of them, ye auncient heads and captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, and their officers that serued the king by dyuers courses, which came in and went out moneth by moneth, throughout all the monethes of the yere: And in euery course were twentie and foure thouthousand. 2 Ouer the first course for the first moneth, was Iasoboam the sonne of Zabdiel, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 3 And the chiefest of all the captaynes of the hoast for the first moneth, was of the children of Pharez. 4 Ouer the course of the second moneth, was Dodai an Ahohite, & in his course was Mikloth a ruler, his helper: and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 5 The chiefe captayne of the third hoast for the third moneth, was Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada the hie priest, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 6 This is that Banaiahu which was most mightie among thirtie, and aboue thirtie: And in his part was Amizabad his sonne. 7 The fourth captayne for the fourth moneth, was Asael the brother of Ioab, and Zabadaia his sonne after him, and in his course were twentie & foure thousand. 8 The fifth captayne for the fifth moneth, was Samhut the Iezrahite, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 9 The sixt captayne for the sixt moneth, was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Therkuite, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 10 The seuenth captayne for the seuenth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 11 The eyght captayne for the eyght moneth, was Sibbechai an Husathite of ye kynrede of Zarhi, & in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 12 The ninth captayne for the ninth moneth, was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemini, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 13 The tenth captayne for the tenth moneth, was Maharai the Netophatite of the Zarahites, & in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 14 The eleuenth captayne for the eleuenth moneth, was Banaia the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 15 The twelfth captayne for the twelfth moneth, was Heldai the Netophatite of Othoniel, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand. 16 And the rulers ouer the tribes of Israel were these: Among the Rubenites, was Eliezer the sonne of Zichri: Among the Simeonites also, was Saphathiahu the sonne of Maacha. 17 Among the Leuites, Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel: Among the Aaronites, Zadok. 18 Among them of Iuda, Elihu of the brethren of Dauid: Among them of Issachar, Omri the sonne of Michael. 19 Among them of Zabulon, Iesmaiahu the sonne of Obadiahu: Among the of Nephthali, Ierimoth ye sonne of Azriel. 20 Among the children of Ephraim, Hosea the sonne of Azariahu: In the halfe tribe also of Manasse, Ioel the sonne of Pedaiahu. 21 Of the halfe tribe of Manasse in Gilead, Iiddo the sonne of Zachariahu: Among them of Beniamin, Iaasiel the sonne of Abner. 22 Among them of Dan, Azarel the sonne of Ieroham. These are the lordes of the tribes of Israel. 23 But Dauid toke not the number of them vnder twentie yeres, because the Lorde saide he would encrease Israel lyke vnto the starres of the skye. 24 And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia began to number: but he finished it not, because that there fell wrath for it against Israel, neither was the number put into the cronicles of king Dauid. 25 Ouer the kinges treasures was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel: And ouer the treasures of the fieldes, in the cities, and villages, and castels, was Iehonathan the sonne of Uzziahu. 26 And ouer the workemen in the fieldes that tilled the grounde, was Ezri the sonne of Chelub. 27 And the ouersight of the vineyardes, had Semei the Ramathite: Ouer the encrease also of the vineyardes, & ouer the winesellers, was Sabdi the Zaphonite. 28 And ouer the oliue trees and mulberie trees that were in the valleyes, was Baal Hanan the Gederite: And ouer the treasure of oyle, was Ioas. 29 Ouer the oxen that fed in Saron, was Setrai the Saronite: And ouer the oxen that were in the valleyes, was Saphat the sonne of Adlai. 30 Ouer the cammels, Obil the Ismaelite: And ouer the asses, was Iehdeiahu the Meronothite. 31 Ouer the sheepe was Iazez the Hagerite: All these were the rulers of the substaunce of king Dauid. 32 And Iehonathan Dauids vncle, a man of counsell and of vnderstanding, was a scribe, and Iehiel the sonne of Hachmoni was with ye kinges sonnes instructing them. 33 And Ahitophel was of the kinges counsell: And Husai the Arachite was the kinges companion. 34 And next to Ahitophel was Iehoiada the sonne of Banaiahu, and Abiathar: and the captayne of the kinges warre, was Ioab.
• Josh 23:2 : 2 And Iosuah called for all Israel, and for their elders, their heades, their iudges, and officers, and sayd vnto them: I am olde and stricken in age,
• Josh 24:1 : 1 And Iosuah gathered all ye tribes of Israel to Sichem, and called for the elders of Israel, & for their heades, iudges, and officers, & they presented them selues before God.