# heads of their fathers' houses

The words "father's houses" refers to extended families, people related to each other who usually lived in different houses, what the UDB calls "clans."

# They numbered 22,600

"They numbered twenty-two thousand six hundred" or "There were 22,600 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# in the days of David

"during David's life" or "while David was alive"