1 Chronicles 27:16-22 -

These verses give the names of the rulers ( 1 Chronicles 27:16 ), or princes ( 1 Chronicles 27:22 ), of ten out of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribes not mentioned are Gad and Asher, an omission which reminds of that of the two tribes Dan and Zebulon from the genealogies contained in 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 .-7; and equally unexplained. These designations ruler ( נָגִיד ) and prince ( שַׂר ) are the same as are found in the list of 1 Chronicles 4:1-15 —the former in 1 Chronicles 4:4 , and translated also as here "ruler;" and the latter in 1 Chronicles 4:1 , 1 Chronicles 4:3 , 1 Chronicles 4:5 , 1 Chronicles 4:8 , under the Authorized Version word of" captains." This rehearsal of the rulers or captains of the tribes stands evidently in no special relation to the preceding military enumeration, but it forms naturally enough one of four lists in this chapter that purport to set forth David's complete arrangement of the affairs of the kingdom. So far as the enumeration goes, it appears to aim at fulness and no omission, for the "Aaronites" ( 1 Chronicles 4:17 ) are given, and Ephraim and the two halves of Manasseh separately (verses 20, 21).