1 Chronicles 27:31

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

1 Chronicles 27:31, King James Version

1 Chronicles 27:31 in other translations

BSB	Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.
WEB	All these were the rulers of the property which was King David’s.
ASV	All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
YLT	and over the flock is Jaziz the Hagerite; all these are heads of the substance that king David hath.
DARBY	And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's.
BBE	The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.
Webster	And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

What does 1 Chronicles 27:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

31. rulers of the substance that was king David's--How and when the king acquired these demesnes and this variety of property--whether it was partly by conquests, or partly by confiscation, or by his own active cultivation of waste lands--is not said. It was probably in all these ways. The management of the king's private possessions was divided into twelve parts, like his public affairs and the revenue derived from all these sources mentioned must have been very large.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:16-34

The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy…

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1 Chronicles 27:31 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַל\־ve.'al-and [was] overH5921

הַצֹּ֖אןha.Tzonthe flock[s]H6629

יָזִ֣יזya.ZizJazizH3151

הַֽהַגְרִ֑יha.hag.Rithe HagriteH1905

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

אֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehtheseH428

שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[were] [the] officials ofH8269

הָרְכ֔וּשׁha.re.Khushthe propertyH7399

אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834

לַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekh[belonged] to the kingH4428

דָּוִֽיד\׃da.VidDavidH1732

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 27:31

1 Chronicles 5:10
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

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Context

1 Chronicles 27:30
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
1 Chronicles 27:31
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
1 Chronicles 27:32
Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

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1 Chronicles 27:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y de las ovejas, Jaziz Agareno. Todos estos eran superintendentes de la hacienda del rey David.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et Jaziz, l’Hagarénien, sur le menu bétail. Tous ceux-là étaient intendants des biens qui appartenaient au roi David.
German Elberfelder 1871	und über das Kleinvieh: Jasis, der Hageriter. Alle diese waren Aufseher über die Habe des Königs David.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	super oves quoque, Jaziz Agareus: omnes hi, principes substantiæ regis David.