Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 12:27
including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records David’s military mustering at Hebron, cataloging tribal and clerical contingents that pledged allegiance to him.
The words — The text specifies הַנָּגִיד (ha.na.Gid), meaning “the leader,” and אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.Ron), meaning “Aaron,” to designate Jehoiada’s official rank and priestly lineage.
The thread — This priestly-military alignment reappears in 1 Chronicles 27:17, which tracks Aaronic oversight, and in 2 Kings 11:4 and 2 Kings 11:9, where Jehoiada organizes royal guards during a succession crisis.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that David’s consolidation of power depended on the formal integration of the Aaronic priesthood into his administrative and military apparatus.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 27:17 over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;
- 2 Kings 11:4 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
- 2 Kings 11:9 So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
- 2 Kings 25:18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 9:20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.