Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel - (see the notes at 1 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Samuel 23:8.) Hachmoni was his father, Zabdiel probably one of his ancestors; or these might be different names of the same individual. In the rotation of the military courses the dignity of precedence, not of authority, was given to the hero.
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1 Chronicles 27:2
2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.