The Leaders of the Twelve Tribes

These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel:

• Over the Reubenites [was] Eliezer son of Zichri;
• over the Simeonites [was] Shephatiah son of Maacah;
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• over Levi [was] Hashabiah son of Kemuel;
• over Aaron [was] Zadok;
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• over Judah [was] Elihu, one of David’s brothers;
• over Issachar [was] Omri son of Michael;
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• over Zebulun [was] Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;
• over Naphtali [was] Jerimoth son of Azriel;
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• over the Ephraimites [was] Hoshea son of Azaziah;
• over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh [was] Joel son of Pedaiah;
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• over [the] half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead [was] Iddo son of Zechariah;
• over Benjamin [was] Jaasiel son of Abner;
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[and] over Dan [was] Azarel son of Jeroham.

These [were] the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count [the men] but did not finish. For because of this [census] wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

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