16 Now in charge of the tribes of Israel : chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri ; for the Simeonites , Shephatiah the son of Maacah ; 17 for Levi , Hashabiah the son of Kemuel ; for Aaron , Zadok ; 18 for Judah , Elihu , one of David's brothers ; for Issachar , Omri the son of Michael ; 19 for Zebulun , Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah ; for Naphtali , Jeremoth the son of Azriel ; 20 for the sons of Ephraim , Hoshea the son of Azaziah ; for the half-tribe e of Manasseh , Joel the son of Pedaiah ; 21 for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead , Iddo the son of Zechariah ; for Benjamin , Jaasiel the son of Abner ; 22 for Dan , Azarel the son of Jeroham . These were the princes of the tribes of Israel . 23 But David did not count e those twenty years of age and under , because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven . 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish ; and because of this , wrath came upon Israel , and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles e of King David .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:16-24
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:16-34
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The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.