1 Chronicles 12:2 BSB

1 Chronicles 12:2

they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

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ASV

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

KJV

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The skill of the Benjamites as archers is noted in 1Ch 8:40, and 2Ch 14:8. Their proficiency in using the left hand appears in the narrative of Judges (Jdg 3:15, and marginal reference) where their special excellency as slingers is also noticed. Even of Saul’s brethren - Compare 1Ch 12:29. Even of Saul’s own tribe there were some who separated themselves from his cause, and threw in their lot with David.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֹ֣שְׁקֵי	No.she.kei	[they were] equipped of	H5401 →
קֶ֗שֶׁת	Ke.shet	bow	H7198 →
מַיְמִינִ֤ים	may.mi.Nim	using right [hand]	H3231 →
וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙	u.mas.mi.Lim	and using left [hand]	H8041 →
בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים	ba.'a.va.Nim	with <the> stones	H68 →
וּבַחִצִּ֖ים	u.va.chi.Tzim	and with <the> arrows	H2671 →
בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת	ba.Ka.shet	with the bow	H7198 →
מֵאֲחֵ֥י	me.'a.Chei	some of [the] relatives of	H251 →
שָׁא֖וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃	mi.bin.ya.Min	from Benjamin	H1144 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 20:16
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
leads to
- Judges 3:15
  And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Through
Judges 3:15
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
leads to
- Judges 3:9
  But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Psalms 78:34
  When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
- Jeremiah 33:3
  Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Judges 20:16
  Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- Isaiah 36:16
  Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine…
Through
1 Chronicles 12:29
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 2:8–9
  Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
Through
1 Samuel 17:49
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

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