In this chapter we have the civil list, including the military, I. The twelve captains for every separate month of the year, 1 Chron. 27:1–15. II. The princes of the several tribes, 1 Chron. 27:16–24. III. The officers of the court, 1 Chron. 27:25–34.

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.

We have here an account, I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief.