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1 Chronicles 12:27

Jehoiada

25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

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BSB
including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
KJV
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
WEB
Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred,
ASV
And Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
DARBY
And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;
BLB
and Jehoiada the leader from Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred;
ÅB
og dessuten Jojada, høvdingen for Arons slekt, og med ham tre tusen og syv hundre,
OTB
Jojada var lederen for Arons hus,
og med ham var 3 700.
B1930
og dessuten Jojada, høvdingen for Arons ætt, og med ham tre tusen og syv hundre,

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:17

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

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:49–57

    But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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  • 2 Kings 11:4

    And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.

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  • 2 Kings 11:9

    And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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  • 2 Kings 25:18

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:20

    And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

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