I Chronicles 27:8 Midrash

הַחַמִישִׁי֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֔י הַשַּׂ֖ר שַׁמְה֣וּת הַיִּזְרָ֑ח וְעַל֙ מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃ (ס)

The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Read midrashic interpretation of I Chronicles 27:8: and classical rabbinic exegesis.