[27:1] This is the list of the Israelite heads of families and clan leaders and their officials who administered the work of the kingdom. Each month of the year a different group of twenty-four thousand men was on duty under the commander for that month. – First month: Jashobeam son of Zabdiel (he was a member of the clan of Perez, a part of the tribe of Judah) – Second month: Dodai, a descendant of Ahohi (Mikloth was his second in command) – Third month: Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest; he was the leader of “The Thirty” (his son Ammizabad succeeded him as commander of this group) – Fourth month: Asahel, brother of Joab (his son Zebadiah succeeded him) – Fifth month: Shamhuth, a descendant of Izhar – Sixth month: Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa – Seventh month: Helez, an Ephraimite from Pelon – Eighth month: Sibbecai from Hushah (he was a member of the clan of Zerah, a part of the tribe of Judah) – Ninth month: Abiezer from Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin – Tenth month: Maharai from Netophah (he was a member of the clan of Zerah) – Eleventh month: Benaiah from Pirathon in the territory of the tribe of Ephraim – Twelfth month: Heldai from Netophah (he was a descendant of Othniel)