Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 27:2
Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
2. Jashobeam ] Cp. 1Ch 11:11, note.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jashobeam – Jashobeam is mentioned in marginal references as the chief of Davids mighty men. He is called in 1Ch 11:11 the son of Hachmoni. We learn from 1Ch 27:3 that he was of the tribe of Judah, being descended from Perez (or Pharez), the son of Judah, from whom David himself sprang. See 1Ch 2:3-15.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. First course for the first month] Instead of mentioning first, second, third, c., month, the Targum names them thus: First month, Nisan second, Aiyar; third, Sivan; fourth, Tammuz; fifth, Ab; sixth, Elul; seventh, Tishri; eighth, Marchesvan; ninth, Cisleu; tenth, Tebeth; eleventh, Shebat; twelfth, Adar. No mention is made of a veadar or intercalary month.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Jashobeam; of whom see 2Sa 23:8; 1Ch 11:11.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2, 3. Jashobeam the son ofZabdiel(See on 1Ch 11:11;2Sa 23:8). Hachmoni was his father,Zabdiel probably one of his ancestors; or there might be differentnames of the same individual. In the rotation of the militarycourses, the dignity of precedence, not of authority, was given tothe hero.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ver. 2-15. Over the first course for the first month,…. The month Nisan, sometimes called Abib, which was March:
was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; the first and chief of David’s worthies, 1Ch 11:11
and in his course were twenty and four; and so in all the following ones; this man was of the posterity of Perez, or Pharez, a son of Judah, and so had the preference and command of all the captains of the army for that month:
Dodai an Ahohite; the same with Dodo, 1Ch 11:12 was over the course of the second month, the month Ziv, sometimes called Jiar, or April; and his lieutenant or successor was Mikloth:
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest; or rather a prince, a principal officer, was general of the army for the third month, Sivan, or May; the same was mighty among the thirty, and even above them, for he was among the three mighty, 1Ch 11:22 and Ammizabad his son succeeded him, or was his deputy, when other ways employed: though led by our version here, and following the Jewish writers, I have called Benaiah a priest, [See comments on 1Ki 2:31], yet I am now rather of opinion that he was not one; for though priests might bear arms on some occasions, yet it is not likely that one should be in a constant military office, and especially general of an army; and besides, this man was of Kabzeel, a city in the tribe of Judah, which is not mentioned among the Levitical cities, see 2Sa 23:20. Asahel the brother of Joab was over the course for the fourth month, Tammuz, or June, and who being slain by Abner, his son Zebadiah succeeded him: Shamhuth, the same with Shammah, 2Sa 23:11 and Shammoth, 1Ch 11:27 was captain for the fifth month, Ab, or July: Ira the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite, was over the course of the sixth month, Elul, or August, see 1Ch 11:28. Helez the Pelonite was captain for the seventh month, Tisri, or September, see 1Ch 11:27, the captain for the eighth month, Marchesvan, sometimes called Bul, or October, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarbites, of the posterity of Zerah, a son of Judah in the line of Hushah, 1Ch 4:4, the captain of the course for the ninth month, Cisleu, or November was Abiezer, of Anethoth, in the tribe of Benjamin, see 1Ch 11:28, Maharai, of Netophah, in the tribe of Judah, and of the posterity of Zerah, was over the course for the tenth month, Tebet, or December, see
1Ch 11:30 and the captain for the eleventh month, Sheber, or January, was Benaiah, of Pirathon, in the tribe of Ephraim, see
1Ch 11:31 and over the course for the twelfth month, Adar, or February, was Heldai the Netophathite, the same with Heled, 1Ch 11:30 and who was of the posterity of Othniel, the first judge in Israel, Jud 1:13.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Over the first course.Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was commander of the army corps appointed to be ready for service during the first month of the year. (See 1Ch. 11:11.) The names of the twelve generals of division have already occurred in the list of Davids heroes contained in that chapter.
In his course.Heb., upon his course.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2. Jashobeam The names of all these captains are found in the lists of David’s mighty men. 1Ch 11:11-47, 2Sa 23:8-39. Some few names are spelled differently in the different lists.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jashobeam. Compare 1Ch 11:11.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
first month
i.e. April; 1Ch 27:3.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jashobeam: 1Ch 11:11, 2Sa 23:8, Adino the Eznite
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 27:2-3. Over the first course was Jashobeam Of whom see 2Sa 23:8; 1Ch 11:11. Of the children of Perez Or, of Pharez, of the posterity of Judah, Gen 46:12. This seems to be intended of Jashobeam, and to be mentioned as a reason why he was the chief. Chief of all the captains of the host Whose several names here follow. The meaning is, he was chief in dignity and precedency, but not in power and authority; for these captains were equal in power, and Joab was their general.