1 Chronicles 27:11 meaning and explanation

The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

1 Chronicles 27:11, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse comes from a roster of David's military organization, listing the officer commanding the eighth monthly rotation of troops. The writer of Chronicles, looking back after the exile, presents David's reign as well ordered: twenty four thousand men served each month under a named commander, and here Sibbecai the Hushathite, identified as a Zerahite, a clan of Judah, leads the eighth division.

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