8The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)We have here an account of the regulation of the militia of the kingdom. David was himself a man of war, and had done great things with the sword; he had brought into the field great armies. Now here we are told how he marshalled them when God had given him rest from all his enemies. He did not keep them all together, for that would have been a hardship on them and the country; yet he did not disb…
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