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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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1 Chronicles 27:3

He was descended from Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Month;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Months;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Month;   Perez;   Pharez;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Perez;   Pharez;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dodai;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   David;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Army;   Perez ;   Phares, Pharez ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   War;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Month;   Pe'rez;   Pha'rez;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Course;   Perez;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the chiefest of all the captaynes of the hoast for the first moneth, was of the children of Pharez.
Darby Translation
He was of the children of Pherez, the head of all the captains of the hosts for the first month.
New King James Version
he was of the children of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
Literal Translation
The head of all the commanders of the army for the first month was of the sons of Perez.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jashobeam, one of Perez's descendants, was leader of all the army officers for the first month.
World English Bible
[He was] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
King James Version (1611)
Of the children of Perez, was the chiefe of all the captaines of the host, for the first moneth.
King James Version
Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the children of Phares was the pryncipall amonge all the chefe captaynes in the first moneth.
American Standard Version
He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
Bible in Basic English
He was of the sons of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
Update Bible Version
[He was] of the sons of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the children of Perez, [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
New English Translation
He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.
Contemporary English Version
a descendant of Perez;
Complete Jewish Bible
He was from the descendants of Peretz and was in charge of all the army captains during the first month.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the sonnes of Perez was the chiefe ouer all the princes of the armies for the first moneth.
George Lamsa Translation
He was of the descendants of Perez; he was the chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
Hebrew Names Version
[He was] of the children of Peretz, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of the children of Perez was he, and the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
New Living Translation
He was a descendant of Perez and was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.
New Life Bible
He was a son of Perez, and head of all the captains of the army for the first month.
New Revised Standard
He was a descendant of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of the sons of Tharez one was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
English Revised Version
[He was] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
Berean Standard Bible
He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the sons of Perez, was the chief for all the rulers of the hosts, for the first month.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the sons of Phares, the chief of all the captains in the host in the first month.
Lexham English Bible
From the sons of Perez who was the chief of the commanders of the armies for the first month.
English Standard Version
He was a descendant of Perez and was chief of all the commanders. He served for the first month.
New American Standard Bible
He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
New Century Version
Jashobeam, one of the descendants of Perez, was leader of all the army officers for the first month.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the sones of Fares was the prince of alle princes in the oost, in the firste monethe.
Young's Literal Translation
of the sons of Perez [is] the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month.
Revised Standard Version
He was a descendant of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.

Contextual Overview

1This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000: 2Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division for the first month; and in his division were 24,000. 3He was descended from Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.4Dodai the Ahohite and his division was in charge of the division for the second month, Mikloth was the chief officer; and in his division were 24,000. 5The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000. 6This is the Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and was in charge of the thirty; and Ammizabad his son was over his division. 7The fourth, for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000. 8The fifth, for the fifth month was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000. 9The sixth, for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were 24,000. 10The seventh, for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Perez: Genesis 38:29, Numbers 26:20, Pharez

the chief: Genesis 49:8-10, Numbers 7:12, Numbers 10:14

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:6 - he set captains

Cross-References

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."
1 Corinthians 6:12
Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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