1 Tawarikh 27:1-15

Leaders of the Army

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. ¹ 

27:2 Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:3 He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.

27:4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month; Mikloth was the next in rank. ²  His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:5 The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men. 27:6 Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. ³ 

27:7 The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. ⁴  His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:8 The fifth, assigned the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:9 The sixth, assigned the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:10 The seventh, assigned the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:11 The eighth, assigned the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:12 The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:13 The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:14 The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

27:15 The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

Yesaya 60:3-10

60:3 Nations come to your light,

kings to your bright light.

60:4 Look all around you! ⁵ 

They all gather and come to you –

your sons come from far away

and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

60:5 Then you will look and smile, ⁶ 

you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. ⁷ 

For the riches of distant lands ⁸  will belong to you

and the wealth of nations will come to you.

60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, ⁹ 

young camels from Midian and Ephah.

All the merchants of Sheba ¹⁰  will come,

bringing gold and incense

and singing praises to the Lord. ¹¹ 

60:7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. ¹² 

They will go up on my altar acceptably, ¹³ 

and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

60:8 Who are these who float along ¹⁴  like a cloud,

who fly like doves to their shelters? ¹⁵ 

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹⁶  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹⁷  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁸ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁹  for he has bestowed honor on you.

60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;

their kings will serve you.

Even though I struck you down in my anger,

I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. ²⁰ 

[27:1]  ¹ 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.”

[27:4]  ² tn Heb “the leader.”

[27:6]  ³ tn Heb “That [was the] Benaiah [who was] a warrior of the thirty and over the thirty, and his division, Ammizabad his son.”

[27:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “[was] after him.”

[60:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”

[60:5]  ⁶ tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[60:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”

[60:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.

[60:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”

[60:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”

[60:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”

[60:7]  ¹² tn Heb “will serve you,” i.e., be available as sacrifices (see the next line). Another option is to understood these “rams” as symbolic of leaders who will be subject to the people of Zion. See v. 10.

[60:7]  ¹³ tc Heb “they will go up on acceptance [on] my altar.” Some have suggested that the preposition עַל (’al) is dittographic (note the preceding יַעֲלוּ [ya’alu]). Consequently, the form should be emended to לְרָצוֹן (lÿratson, “acceptably”; see BDB 953 s.v. רָצוֹן). However, the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has both לרצון followed by the preposition על, which would argue against deleted the preposition. As the above translation seeks to demonstrate, the preposition עַל (’al) indicates a norm (“in accordance with acceptance” or “acceptably”; IBHS 218 §11.2.13e, n. 111) and the “altar” functions as an objective accusative with a verb of motion (cf. Gen 49:4; Lev 2:2; Num 13:17; J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:534, n. 14).

[60:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”

[60:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.

[60:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”