¹Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

¹Dette er Israels barn efter deres tall, med deres familiehoder og høvedsmennene over tusen og over hundre og deres tilsynsmenn, som tjente kongen i alt som vedkom hær-delingene; disse hær-delinger tiltrådte og fratrådte skiftevis hver måned gjennem hele året, og hver deling var på fire og tyve tusen mann.

²Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

²Over den første hær-deling, som gjorde tjeneste i den første måned, stod Jasobam, Sabdiels sønn, og til hans deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann;

³Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

³han var en av Peres' efterkommere, den øverste av alle hærførerne som gjorde tjeneste i den første måned.

⁴And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

⁴Over den hær-deling som gjorde tjeneste i den annen måned, stod ahohitten Dodai; ved hans deling var fyrsten Miklot, og til hans deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

⁵The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

⁵Den tredje hærfører, som gjorde tjeneste i den tredje måned, var Benaja, presten Jojadas sønn, som var den øverste, og til hans deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann;

⁶This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

⁶denne Benaja var en helt blandt de tretti og stod over de tretti, og ved hans hær-deling var hans sønn Ammisabad.

⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

⁷Den fjerde, som gjorde tjeneste i den fjerde måned, var Asael, Joabs bror, og efter ham hans sønn Sebadja, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

⁸The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

⁸Den femte, som gjorde tjeneste i den femte måned, var høvdingen Samhut, jisrahitten, og til hans hærdeling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

⁹Den sjette, som gjorde tjeneste i den sjette måned, var Ira, Ikkes' sønn, fra Tekoa, og til hans hærdeling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁰Den syvende, som gjorde tjeneste i den syvende måned, var pelonitten Heles av Efra'ims barn, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹¹Den åttende, som gjorde tjeneste i den åttende måned, var husatitten Sibbekai av serahittenes ætt, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹²Den niende, som gjorde tjeneste i den niende måned, var Abieser fra Anatot, av Benjamins stamme, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹³Den tiende, som gjorde tjeneste i den tiende måned, var Maharai fra Netofa, av serahittenes ætt, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁴Den ellevte, som gjorde tjeneste i den ellevte måned, var Benaja fra Piraton, av Efra'ims barn, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁵Den tolvte, som gjorde tjeneste i den tolvte måned, var Heldai fra Netofa, av Otrliels ætt, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.

¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

¹⁶Israels stammefyrster var: for rubenittene Elieser, Sikris sønn, for simeonittene Sefatja, Ma'akas sønn,

¹⁷Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:

¹⁷for Levi Hasabja, Kemuels sønn, for Arons ætt Sadok,

¹⁸Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

¹⁸for Juda Elihu, en av Davids brødre, for Issakar Omri, Mikaels sønn,

¹⁹Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:

¹⁹for Sebulon Jismaja, Obadjas sønn, for Naftali Jerimot, Asriels sønn,

²⁰Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

²⁰for Efra'ims barn Hosea, Asasjas sønn, for den halve Manasse stamme Joel, Pedajas sønn,

²¹Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

²¹for den halve Manasse stamme i Gilead Jiddo, Sakarjas sønn, for Benjamin Ja'asiel, Abners sønn,

²²Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

²²for Dan Asar'el, Jerohams sønn. Dette var høvdingene for Israels stammer.

²³But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

²³Men David tok ikke tall på dem som var under tyve år; for Herren hadde sagt at han vilde gjøre Israel tallrikt som himmelens stjerner.

²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

²⁴Joab, Serujas sønn, begynte å telle, men fullendte det ikke, og Guds vrede kom over Israel for dette, og tallet blev ikke opført i manntallet i kong Davids krønike.

²⁵And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

²⁵Opsynet over kongens skatter hadde Asmavet, Adiels sønn, over forrådene på marken, i byene og landsbyene og i festningstårnene Jonatan, Ussias sønn,

²⁶And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

²⁶over dem som arbeidet på marken og dyrket jorden, Esri, Kelubs sønn,

²⁷And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

²⁷over vingårdene Sime'i fra Rama, over vinforrådene i vingårdene sifmitten Sabdi,

²⁸And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

²⁸over oljetrærne og morbærtrærne i lavlandet Ba'al-Hanan fra Geder, over oljeforrådene Joas,

²⁹And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

²⁹over storfeet som beitet i Saron, Sitrai fra Saron, over storfeet i dalene Safat, Adlais sønn,

³⁰Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

³⁰over kamelene ismaelitten Obil, over aseninnene Jehdeja fra Meronot

³¹And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

³¹og over småfeet hagaritten Jasi; alle disse var opsynsmenn over kong Davids eiendeler.

³²Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

³²Davids farbror Jonatan var hans rådgiver; han var en forstandig og skriftlærd mann. Jehiel, Hakmonis sønn, var hos kongens sønner.

³³And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:

³³Akitofel var kongens rådgiver, og arkitten Husai var kongens venn.

³⁴And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.

³⁴Efter Akitofel kom Jojada, Benajas sønn, og Ebjatar. Joab var kongens hærfører.