This Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.
We have here an account of the regulation of the militia of the kingdom. David was himself a man of war, and had done great things with the sword; he had brought into the field great armies. Now here we are told how he marshalled them when God had given him rest from all his enemies.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 27:1-15
1Ch 27:5-6 Here the form of expression is changed; הצּבא שׂר, the chief of the third host, begins the sentence. As to Benaiah, see 1Ch 11:22 and the commentary on 2Sa 23:20. ראשׁ does not belong to הכּהן, but is the predicate of Benaiah: “the prince of the ... was Benaiah ... as head,” sc. of the division for the third month.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 27:5-6