1 Chronicles 12:14 BSB

1 Chronicles 12:14

These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

BSB

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ASV

These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.

KJV

These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Another meaning, therefore, must obviously be sought, and excluding was, which is a supplement by our translators, the import of the passage is, that one of the least could discomfit a hundred, and the greatest was worth a thousand ordinary men; a strong hyperbole to express their uncommon valor.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֥לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
מִבְּנֵי־	mi.be.nei-	[were] of [the] descendants of	H1121 →
גָ֖ד	gad	Gad	H1410 →
רָאשֵׁ֣י	ra.Shei	[the] chiefs of	H7218 →
הַצָּבָ֑א	ha.tza.Va'	the army	H6635 →
אֶחָ֤ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לְמֵאָה֙	le.me.'Ah	to a hundred	H3967 →
הַקָּטָ֔ן	ha.ka.Tan	the little	H6996 →
וְהַגָּד֖וֹל	ve.ha.ga.Dol	and the great	H1419 →
לְאָֽלֶף׃	le.'A.lef	to a thousand	H505 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
leads to
- Joshua 23:10
  One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:8
  Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Isaiah 30:17
  A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Psalms 31:8
  You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Through
Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:7
  The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- 1 Chronicles 11:20
  Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
- Numbers 14:9
  Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD…

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