1 Chronicles 12:34
in 1 Chronicles 12From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
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ASV
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
KJV
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis 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.
This site's exposition
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders
Naphtali lay in the far north, west of the Sea of Galilee, and still sent 37,000 men under a thousand officers. Deborah's song praises Naphtali for risking death on the heights (Judges 5:18). The northern tribes came in strength.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִנַּפְתָּלִ֖י | uminaftali | and of Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| שָׂרִ֣ים | sarim | commanders | H8269 → | 421 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְעִמָּהֶם֙ | veimahem | and with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּצִנָּ֣ה | betzinah | with shield | H6793 → | 22 times |
| וַחֲנִ֔ית | vachanit | and spear | H2595 → | 47 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה | veshivah | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ ס | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
וּמִנַּפְתָּלִ֖יand of Naphtali
uminaftaliH5321 →51 times
שָׂרִ֣יםcommanders
sarimH8269 →421 times
אָ֑לֶףone thousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
וְעִמָּהֶם֙and with them
veimahemH5973 →1050 times
בְּצִנָּ֣הwith shield
betzinahH6793 →22 times
וַחֲנִ֔יתand spear
vachanitH2595 →47 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְשִׁבְעָ֖הand seven
veshivahH7651 →394 times
אָֽלֶף׃ סthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, Judges 5:18; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.