Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 27:3
Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
3. Of the children of Perez was the chief ] R.V. He was of the children of Perez, the chief. Perez is the Pharez (R.V. “Perez”) of 1Ch 2:4-5.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Of Perez; or, of Pharez, of the posterity of Judah, Gen 46:12. This seems to be understood of Jashobeam, and to be mentioned as a reason why he was the chief, &c.; and the verse may be rendered thus, He was (which is easily understood out of the foregoing words) of the children of Perez, (and consequently of the tribe of Judah, to which the pre-eminence belonged, and of which Perez was,) and he was (or, therefore he was)
the chief (to wit, in dignity and precedency, though not in power and authority, for these captains were equal in power, and Joab was their general)
of all the captains of the host, ( whose several names here follow,) and was
for the first month; therefore he was first in order, and was captain for the first month.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Ch 27:2]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) Of the children of Perez.The reference is to Jashobeam. He belonged to the branch of Judah called Perez, or Pharez, to which David himself belonged.
The chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.This notice about Jashobeam is obscure. The captains of the host (Heb., hosts) seem to be the twelve generals of division. (Comp. 1Ch. 27:5.) Jashobeam, as the first of Davids heroes, may have enjoyed a kind of precedence among the commanders of the army corps; although he was not commander-in-chief of the entire national forces, which was the function of Joab. Or perhaps it is meant merely to emphasise the fact that Jashobeam was the first in the rotation of the generals; so that the phrase for the first month explains what precedes it. Or the captains of the hosts may possibly mean the officers of the subdivisions of the first army corps, of whom Jashobeam was, of course, the chief. The context appears to favour this last explanation.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Perez = Pharez, son of Judah. See note on 1Ch 25:11.
chief = head.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Perez: Gen 38:29, Num 26:20, Pharez
the chief: Gen 49:8-10, Num 7:12, Num 10:14
Reciprocal: 2Ch 32:6 – he set captains