And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
David assembled all the princes of Israel - i:e., the representatives of the people, the leading men of the kingdom, who are enumerated in this verse according to their respective rank or degree of authority.
Princes of the tribes (1 Chronicles 27:16-22). Those patriarchal chiefs are mentioned first, as being the highest in rank-a sort of hereditary noblesse.
The captains of the companies - the twelve generals mentioned, 1 Chronicles 27:1-15.
The stewards ... (1 Chronicles 27:25-31).
The officers - Hebrew, eunuchs, or attendants on the court (1 Samuel 8:15; 1 Kings 22:9; 2 Kings 22:18); and besides Joab, the commander-in-chief of the army, the heroes who had no particular office, (1 Chronicles 11:1-47; 2 Samuel 23:1.) This assembly, a very mixed and general one, as appears from the parties invited, was more numerous and entirely different from that mentioned, 1 Chronicles 23:2.