1. This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers’ houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:
2. Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division in the first month; in his division were 24,000.
3. He was a descendant of Perez and was chief of all the commanders. He served for the first month.