Discovery Box1 Chronicles 18:17 
Context18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised 1 the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials. 2
1 Chronicles 23:4
Context23:4 David said, 3 “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
Context27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.
All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.
1 tn Heb “[was] over.”
2 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”).
3 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.
