The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 27:23-34
Special officers of the Nation v. 23. But David, at the time of that unfortunate census, took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, which would, moreover, not have fitted in with the army arrangements which he had in view, because the Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens, Genesis 15:5; Genesis 28:14, v. 24. Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to number, as David commanded him, 1 Chronicles 21:2, but he finished not, the pestilence from the... read more
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:16-34
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 testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. read more