Lexicon :: Strong's G758 - archōn

Now five hundred men from these sons of Simeon went with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the descendants of Ishi, as their leaders to Mount Seir.

Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri ​— ​five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families ​— ​20,200 valiant warriors.

All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, family heads.

Beriah and Shema, who were the family heads of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

These were family heads, chiefs according to their family records; they lived in Jerusalem.

and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families ​— ​1,760 in all. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.

Shallum was their chief;

The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

These were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their family records; they lived in Jerusalem.

The following were the chiefs of David’s warriors who, together with all Israel, strongly supported him in his reign to make him king according to the LORD’s word about Israel.

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while the Philistine army was encamped in Rephaim Valley.

He was more honored than the Three and became their commander even though he did not become one of the Three.

Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.

Then the Spirit enveloped[fn] Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:

We are yours, David,

we are with you, son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

and peace to him who helps you,

for your God helps you.

So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the LORD’s word, were as follows:

and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.[fn]

From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives;

from the Gershomites,[fn] Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives;

from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives;

from the Hebronites, Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives;

from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.

He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments ​— ​harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful.

Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the music leader of the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel ​— ​three.

Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran ​— ​three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.

Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became one family[fn] and received a single assignment.

Gershom’s sons: Shebuel was first.

Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.