SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Military administration
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Chron. 27:1-34
Message of the verses: This morning I am going to attempt to go over
all of this chapter in 1Chronicles which consists of four sub-points which are
under the main point of “Military administration.”
The captain (verses 1-15) : “1 ¶ This is the list of Israelite generals and
captains, and their officers, who served the king by supervising the army
divisions that were on duty each month of the year. Each division served for
one month and had 24,000 troops. 2
Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was commander of the first division of 24,000
troops, which was on duty during the first month. 3 He was a descendant of Perez and was in
charge of all the army officers for the first month. 4 Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah, was commander
of the second division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the second month.
Mikloth was his chief officer. 5 Benaiah
son of Jehoiada the priest was commander of the third division of 24,000
troops, which was on duty during the third month. 6 This was the Benaiah who commanded David’s
elite military group known as the Thirty. His son Ammizabad was his chief
officer. 7 Asahel, the brother of Joab,
was commander of the fourth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during
the fourth month. Asahel was succeeded by his son Zebadiah. 8 Shammah the Izrahite was commander of the
fifth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the fifth month.
9 Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa was
commander of the sixth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the
sixth month. 10 Helez, a descendant of
Ephraim from Pelon, was commander of the seventh division of 24,000 troops,
which was on duty during the seventh month. 11
Sibbecai, a descendant of Zerah from Hushah, was commander of the eighth
division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the eighth month. 12 Abiezer from Anathoth in the territory of
Benjamin was commander of the ninth division of 24,000 troops, which was on
duty during the ninth month. 13 Maharai,
a descendant of Zerah from Netophah, was commander of the tenth division of
24,000 troops, which was on duty during the tenth month. 14 Benaiah from Pirathon in Ephraim was
commander of the eleventh division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during
the eleventh month. 15 Heled, a
descendant of Othniel from Netophah, was commander of the twelfth division of
24,000 troops, which was on duty during the twelfth month.”
Solomon
was very young when he became King and David has everything set up for him to
be successful at being king including having the military set up in case of any
trouble even though this was a time of peace.
The tribal leaders were also set up consisting of a leader from each
tribe. The managers of food, of donkeys,
camels, were also set up along with managers consisting of the consolers to the
king.
There
were 280,000 men in the army and 24,000 men were active each month with twelve
leaders over them, however if a military problem arose then all could be called
up.
The tribal leaders: (Verses 16-24): “ 16 ¶
The following were the tribes of Israel and their leaders: Tribe…leader
Reuben…eliezer son of Zicri
Simeon…shephatiah son of Maacah 17
Levi…hashabiah son of Kemuel
Aaron (the Priests)…zadok 18
Judah…elihu (a brother of David)
Issachar…omri son of Michael 19
Zebulun…ishmaiah son of Obadiah
Naphtali…jeremoth son of Azriel 20
Ephraim…hoshea son of Azaziah
Manasseh (West)…joel son of Pedaiah 21
Manasseh in Gilead (East)…iddo son of Zechariah Benjamin…jaasiel son of Abner 22 Dan…azarel son of Jeroham These were the
leaders of the tribes of Israel. 23 When
David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty
years of age, because the LORD had promised to make the Israelites as numerous
as the stars in heaven. 24 Joab son of
Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because the anger of God fell on
Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David’s official records.
25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge
of the palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional
treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel.”
There
was one leader from each tribe, however Gad and Asher were not listed in this
account and this is unknown why they were not listed. There were however twelve tribes mentioned as
both tribes of Joseph were mentioned along with the tribe of Levi. Back in the days of Moses the tribes were set
up with men over tens, fifties, hundreds, thousands and so the king could get a
message to the leader who could give that message to the other leaders and get
to all the people.
The kings managers: (Verses 25-31): “25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the
palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional
treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel. 26 Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field
workers who farmed the king’s lands. 27
Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the king’s vineyards. Zabdi from
Shepham was responsible for the grapes and the supplies of wine. 28 Baal-hanan from Geder was in charge of the
king’s olive groves and sycamore-fig trees in the foothills of Judah. Joash was
responsible for the supplies of olive oil. 29
Shitrai from Sharon was in charge of the cattle on the Sharon Plain.
Shaphat son of Adlai was responsible for the cattle in the valleys. 30 Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the
camels. Jehdeiah from Meronoth was in charge of the donkeys. 31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the king’s
flocks of sheep and goats. All these officials were overseers of King David’s
property.”
Although
there was some kind of tax set up under Saul, and Solomon would take great
advantage of the people because of his great love for things David did not have
such high standards, but did have to care for those in his palace and therefore
he had people over his farms and herds, and things like this.
The kings counselors: (Verses 32-34): “32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise counselor
to the king, a man of great insight, and a scribe. Jehiel the Hacmonite was
responsible for teaching the king’s sons. 33
Ahithophel was the royal adviser. Hushai the Arkite was the king’s friend.
34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada
son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king’s army.”
This
section gives those who were leaders under King David’s reign over Israel and
some of them were great leaders, while some did not always have David’s best
interest at heart like Joab and Ahithophel who was the grand-father of
Bathsheba, sided with Absalom and then killed himself. Joab was David’s cousin, but did not always
look out for David and eventually Solomon had to kill him.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: You can see some of the things in this
chapter that show the genius of David, as he was not only a great military
leader, as writer of Psalms, but a great leader who, for the most part had
great leaders under him and put all things in order for his son Solomon to take
over. I hope and pray to my Lord that
all will be in such good order as I go into have this procedure done this
morning to have my kidney stones blasted.
I surely am in need of the Lord’s abundant grace to which He has
promised and need my spiritual armor on to stand against the wiles of the enemy
as he tries to upset me, but my God will one day destroy him with the breath of
his mouth. I look forward to that day.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the Lord to give me His amazing grace to allow
me to get through this procedure this morning.
2.
To be protected by the spiritual armor so that I can
stand this day.
11/22/2010 6:09:40 AM
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