3. Children of Perez. Perez or Pharez, was of the tribe of Judah ( 2:4), and of the branch from which David himself sprang ( 2:4-15).
The chief. This was Jashobeam ( 2). Jashobeam, however, was not David’s leading general. That post belonged to Joab, a son of David’s sister Zeruiah ( 2:16; 11:6; 20:1).