## Radak on I Chronicles Chapter 27

###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:5:1
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**שר הצבא השלישי.** לפי שהיה בניהו ראש לשלשים הגבורים אמר עליו "שר הצבא", מה שלא אמ' כן באחרים:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**The third army officer.** Because Benaiah was chief over the thirty warriors (v. 6), the text uses the expression “army officer” for him but not for the others.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:5:2
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**הכהן ראש.** יהוידע היה כהן גדול, כמו שאמ' למעלה בתחלת מלכות דוד "ויהוידע הנגיד לאהרן" (יב,כח):

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**The chief priest.** Jehoiada was high priest, as the text says above in the account of the beginning of David’s reign: “Jehoiada, chief officer of the Aaronides” (12:28).


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:6:1
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**ומחלקתו עמי זבד בנו.** פי': עמי זבד בנו היה גם כן על מחלקתו תחתיו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And [Benaiah’s] division—his son Ammizabad.** This means that his son Ammizabad was also over his division, subordinate to him.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:7:1
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**וזבדיה בנו אחריו.** שהרי עשאל נהרג בתחלת מלכותו (ש"ב ב,כג), ונתן דוד זבדיה בנו אחריו לראש על מחלקתו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And [Asael’s] son Zebadiah after him.** For Asael was killed at the beginning of David’s reign (2 Sam 2:23); so in his place, David appointed Asael’s son Zebadiah chief over his division.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:11:1
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**סבכי החשתי לזרחי.** ממשפחת זרח:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahite.** [This means]: from the family of Zerah.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:15:1
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**חלדי הנטופתי לעתניאל.** ממשפחת עתניאל בן קנז:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel.** [This means]: from the family of Othniel son of Kenaz.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:16:1
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**ועל שבטי ישראל לראובני נגיד.** עד הנה ספר הגבורים שהיו ראשי המחלקות, ועתה ספר השרים שהיו ראשי השבטים – נשיא לכל שבט ושבט:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Over the tribes of Israel: the chief officer of Reuben.** To this point the text listed the warriors who were heads of the divisions, and now it lists the officers who served as tribal heads—one chieftain for each tribe.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:18:1
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**ליהודה אליהו מאחי דויד.** הוא אחד מאחי דוד הנזכרים למעלה (ב,יג-טו), ולו שני שמות; או הוא אחר מלבד הנזכרים, כמו שאמרו רבותי' ז"ל בדרש שכתבנו למעלה (ב,טו):

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Of Judah: Elihu, of the brothers of David.** He is one of the brothers of David mentioned above (2:13–15) and had two names. Alternatively, he is a different one, additional to those mentioned, as our Sages, of blessed memory, say in the midrashic interpretation that we cited above (2:15).


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:23:1
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**ולא נשא דוד מספרם למבן עשרים שנה ולמטה.** כלומר כל אלה שספר דוד שנים עשר מחלקות כל אחד מעשרים וארבעה אלף לא ספר אלא מעשרים שנה ומעלה:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**David did not take a census of those under twenty years of age.** This means: Those whom David counted—twelve divisions of twenty-four thousand each—consisted entirely of men twenty years of age and older.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:23:2
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**כי אמר יי' להרבות וגו'.** ואף כשאמ' הב"ה למנות את ישראל לא אמ' למנותם אלא מבן עשרים שנה ומעלה (במ' א,ב-ג), כי אמר להרבותם **ככוכבי השמים** ואין להם מספר כמו שאמ' "גם זרעך ימנה" (בר' יג,טז). וכל אלה שספר דוד לא היו בכלל אותם שמנה **יואב**, שהתחיל **למנות** כל ישראל. **ולא כלה**; כי שני שבטים לא ספר, "כי נתעב דבר המלך אל יואב" (דה"א כא,ו) – כמו שכת' **ויהי בזאת קצף על ישראל**:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**For the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous etc.** Even when the Holy One, blessed is He, said to count Israel, He only said to count those twenty years of age and older (Num 1:2–3); for He had promised to make their numbers as incalculable as that of **the stars in the sky**, as it says, “then your offspring too can be counted” (Gen 13:16). None of those whom David counted were among those counted by **Joab**, who **set out to count** all of Israel. [Joab]**did not finish, though**; for there were two tribes that he did not count “because the king’s command had become repugnant to Joab” (1 Chr 21:6). It says, after all, “**wrath struck Israel on account of this**.”


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:25:1
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**ועל אצרות המלך.** עתה ספר פקידיו וגזבריו על מלאכתו ועל אוצרותיו בבית ובשדה:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Over the royal treasuries.** Here the text lists those whom [David] appointed as managers and administrators over the labor and over the storage areas, both in his house and out in the field.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:27:1
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**ועל שבכרמים.** שמעי היה ממונה על הכרמים עד אסיפת הענבים, ו**זבדי** היה ממונה על אשר היה בכרמים בשעת אסיפת הפירות והענבים מהבציר ואילך, כמו שאמר "לאוצרות":

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And over what was in the vineyards.** Shimei was appointed over the vineyards until the gathering of the grapes, and **Zabdi** was appointed over whatever was in the vineyards at the time of the gathering of the fruit and grapes from the harvest onward, as it says, “**for the storage areas**.”


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:30:1
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**הישמעלי.** שהתגורר בארץ ישמעאל; לפיכך קראו "ישמעאלי". וכן "ההגרי" (להלן פס' לא), שהתגורר בארץ בני הגר:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**The Ishmaelite.** The text calls [Obil] an Ishmaelite because he lived in the land of Ishmael. Similarly, “the Hagrite” (v. 31) means that [Jaziz] lived in the land of the Hagrites.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:32:1
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**ויחיאל בן חכמוני עם בני המלך.** שהיה מגדלם ומלמדם:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Jehiel son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons**—for he would raise them and teach them.


###### Radak on I Chronicles 27:34:1
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**ואחרי אחיתפל יהוידע.** כלומ': אחרי שמת אחיתופל יועץ המלך, היו יועציו יהוידע **ואביתר**. ו**יואב** היה שר הצבא:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And after Ahitophel: Jehoiada.** This means: After the death of Ahitophel, the advisor to the king, his advisors were Jehoiada **and Abiathar**. And **Joab** was the commander of the army.