Discovery Box1 Chronicles 7:40 
Context7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. 1
1 Chronicles 12:18
Context12:18 But a spirit 2 empowered 3 Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: 4
“We are yours, O David!
We support 5 you, O son of Jesse!
May you greatly prosper! 6
May those who help you prosper! 7
Indeed 8 your God helps you!”
So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.
1 Chronicles 21:16
Context21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 9
1 Chronicles 24:6
Context24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. 10
1 Chronicles 24:31
Context24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. 11
1 Chronicles 26:32--27:1
Context26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 12 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 13
27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. 14
1 tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”
2 tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).
3 tn Heb “clothed.”
4 tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “are with.”
6 tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.
7 tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”
8 tn Or “for.”
9 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
10 tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”
11 tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”
12 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
13 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”
14 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”
