24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of

24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field

12 times

24,000 or

288,000 fighting men, independently of the

12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of

300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelites kingdom.

captains

1.Krønikebog 28:1
Derpaa samlede David i Jerusalem alle Israels Øverster, Stammeøversterne, Skifternes Øverster, som var i Kongens Tjeneste, Tusind— og Hundredførerne, Overopsynsmændene over alle Kongens og hans Sønners Ejendele og Kvæg, ligeledes Hofmændene, Kærnetropperne og alle dygtige Krigere.

2.Krønikebog 17:12-19
Saaledes gik det stadig fremad for Josafat, saa han til sidst fik meget stor Magt; og han byggede Borge og Forraadsbyer i Juda,…

2.Krønikebog 26:11-13
Og Uzzija havde en øvet Krigshær, der drog i Krig Deling for Deling i det Tal, der fremgik af Mønstringen, som Statsskriveren Je'uel og Retsskriveren Ma'aseja foretog under Tilsyn af Hananja, en at Kongens Øverster.…

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1.Kongebog 4:7,27
Fremdeles havde Salomo tolv Fogeder over hele Israel, som skulde sørge for Kongens og Hoffets Underhold, hver af dem en Maaned om Aaret.…