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1 Chronicles 27:1-34 open_in_new
Organisation of David's Army: Enumeration of his Officials (cf. 1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.)
1 Chronicles 27:1. According to this verse the army comprised 288,000 soldiers; this is an exaggeration.
1 Chronicles 27:32. David's uncle: better kinsman; the Hebrew word dô d is used in this general sense.
1 Chronicles 27:33. Cf. 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:37. the king's friend: a title of honour probably adapted from the Egyptian court; it occurs several times in 1 Mac., e.g. 1Ma_2:18, 1Ma_3:38.