1 Chronicles 18:17

18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials.

1 Chronicles 23:4

23:4 David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

1 Chronicles 27:31

27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.

All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.


tn Heb “[was] over.”

tn Heb “and the sons of David [were] the heads at the hand of David.” The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:18 identifies them as “priests” (see sn there on the word “priests”).

tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.