1 Chronicles 12:29
in 1 Chronicles 12From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
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ASV
And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
KJV
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For hitherto ... - Rather, “For still the greatest part of them maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul.” This is given as the reason for so few coming to Hebron. It shows us that, even after the death of Ishbosheth, the Benjamites had hopes of furnishing a third king to the nation.
This site's exposition
Zadok, a mighty young man of valor
on 1 Chronicles 12:28-29
Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, comes with 22 commanders from his own family. He is the priest who anoints Solomon king in 1 Kings 1. Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul, sends only 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
This site's exposition
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of
Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the small number from Benjamin as a sign that most of Saul's kinsmen held back. The house of Saul kept their loyalty until Abner won Benjamin over in 2 Samuel 3:19. Only 3,000 came to Hebron.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), not so many as of the other tribes, because a foolish affection for their own tribe, and a jealousy for the honour of it, kept many of them long in the sinking interest of Saul's family.
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14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Benjamin . . . three thousand--This small number shows the unpopularity of the movement in this tribe; and, indeed, it is expressly stated that the mass of the population had, even after Ish-bosheth's death, anxiously endeavored to secure the crown in the family of Saul.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| בְּנֵ֧י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֛ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| אֲחֵ֥י | ʾachei | [the] relatives of | H251 → | 630 times |
| שָׁא֖וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אֲלָפִ֑ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הֵ֙נָּה֙ | henah | now | H2008 → | 49 times |
| מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם | marbitam | greater part their | H4768 → | |
| שֹׁמְרִ֕ים | shomerim | [were] keeping | H8104 → | 468 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת | mishmeret | [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שָׁאֽוּל׃ ס | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
וּמִן־and of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
בְּנֵ֧י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִ֛ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
אֲחֵ֥י[the] relatives of
ʾacheiH251 →630 times
שָׁא֖וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
אֲלָפִ֑יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
הֵ֙נָּה֙now
henahH2008 →49 times
מַרְבִּיתָ֔םgreater part their
marbitamH4768 →
שֹׁמְרִ֕ים[were] keeping
shomerimH8104 →468 times
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת[the] duty of
mishmeretH4931 →78 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
שָׁאֽוּל׃ סSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 12:2they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
it 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Judges 3:15
Through
Genesis 31:23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
it leads to
- Genesis 24:27
saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to…
- Exodus 2:11
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
- Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
- Exodus 2:13
The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
- Genesis 24:27
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 3:19; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.