1 Chronicles 12:33
in 1 Chronicles 12From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
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ASV
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.
KJV
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Expert in war ... - Rather “arrayed for battle with all harness of battle, who set the battle in array with no double heart,” excelling, that is, in the matter of their arms and accoutrements. The writer notes in each tribe the point in which it was most admirable.
This site's exposition
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service
on 1 Chronicles 12:33-37
Each remaining tribe is marked by a trait: Zebulun sends 50,000, who with one purpose were devoted to David. Barnes reads this as the Chronicler's method, naming for each tribe the thing it was most admired for. Wesley reads the phrase at Zebulun as loyalty without pretense.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Double heart - They were sincerely loyal, and did not dissemble with David, pretending to be for him, while in their hearts they favoured Saul's family.
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)
proposed
Zebulun . . . could keep rank--that is, were more disciplined soldiers than the rest. not of double heart--Though their numbers were large, all were in a high degree well affected to David.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִזְּבֻל֞וּן | mizevulun | from Zebulun | H2074 → | 45 times |
| יוֹצְאֵ֣י | yotzei | [those who] go forth of | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| צָבָ֗א | tzava' | war | H6635 → | 485 times |
| עֹרְכֵ֧י | ʾorekhei | [those who] prepare of | H6186 → | 74 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֛ה | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֥י | kelei | weapons of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milchamah | war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְלַעֲדֹ֖ר | velaador | and to help | H5737 → | |
| בְּלֹא־ | belo'- | with not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| לֵ֥ב | lev | a heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| וָלֵֽב׃ ס | valev | and a heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
מִזְּבֻל֞וּןfrom Zebulun
mizevulunH2074 →45 times
יוֹצְאֵ֣י[those who] go forth of
yotzeiH3318 →1067 times
צָבָ֗אwar
tzava'H6635 →485 times
עֹרְכֵ֧י[those who] prepare of
ʾorekheiH6186 →74 times
מִלְחָמָ֛הbattle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֥יweapons of
keleiH3627 →325 times
מִלְחָמָ֖הwar
milchamahH4421 →320 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
אָ֑לֶףthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
וְלַעֲדֹ֖רand to help
velaadorH5737 →
בְּלֹא־with not
belo'-H3808 →5168 times
לֵ֥בa heart
levH3820 →595 times
וָלֵֽב׃ סand a heart
valevH3820 →595 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
it leads to
- Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Psalms 41:6
My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Psalms 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Romans 16:18
Through
John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
it leads to
- Revelation 14:5
And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
- Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
- Revelation 14:5
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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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.