1 Each month a group of twenty-four thousand men served as soldiers in Israel's army. These men, who included the family leaders, army commanders, and officials of the king, were under the command of the following men, arranged by the month of their service:
2 In the first month, Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel,
3 a descendant of Perez;
4 in the second month, Dodai the Ahohite, whose assistant was Mikloth;
5 in the third month, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
6 who was the leader of the Thirty Warriors, and whose son Ammizabad was also an army commander;