(c) The list itself is a perfect reflection of the unity and completeness of the people of Israel. It contains all the tribal units – including the two half-tribes of Manasseh and the inner division of the Levites (cf. also I Chron. 12. 24–28) – 15 components altogether. It therefore serves one of the Chronicler’s main aims – to depict the whole people of Israel in all its elements, settled in its land.
