1 Chronicles 7:11
in 1 Chronicles 7Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
KJV
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAll these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. Which, with the above sums put together, make of the tribe of Benjamin, besides what follow, 59,430; who, if numbered by Joab, the account was not given in by him, 1Ch 21:6.
This site's exposition
The three sons of Benjamin
on 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
Benjamin's three clans, Bela, Becher, and Jediael, muster nearly sixty thousand mighty men. Barnes reads the list as later descendants reckoned to their founders at the time of David's census. The Shuppites and Huppites stand outside the three clans, and the older commentators disagree over which son they belong to.
This site's exposition
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan
Gill takes this Ehud as the judge who delivered Israel from Moab (Judges 3:15), and this Benjamin as named after the tribe's father. The three counts of Benjamin in verses 7, 9 and 11 come to 59,434. Joab left Benjamin out of his census (1 Chronicles 21:6).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And Shuppim and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher Ezra, who wrote this book of genealogy, did not know whether they were of the sons of Benjamin or not. He therefore listed them alone.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֜לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֤י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְדִֽיעֲאֵל֙ | yediael | Jediael | H3043 → | 6 times |
| לְרָאשֵׁ֣י | lerashei | to [the] chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָאָב֔וֹת | haavot | the fathers | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גִּבּוֹרֵ֖י | giborei | mighty [men] of | H1368 → | 158 times |
| חֲיָלִ֑ים | chayalim | strength<s> | H2428 → | 246 times |
| שִׁבְעָֽה־ | shivah- | seven- | H7651 → | 394 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אֶ֙לֶף֙ | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּמָאתַ֔יִם | umatayim | and two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| יֹצְאֵ֥י | yotzeei | [those who] went forth of | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| צָבָ֖א | tzava' | war | H6635 → | 485 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֜לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֤י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְדִֽיעֲאֵל֙Jediael
yediaelH3043 →6 times
לְרָאשֵׁ֣יto [the] chiefs of
lerasheiH7218 →599 times
הָאָב֔וֹתthe fathers
haavotH1 →1212 times
גִּבּוֹרֵ֖יmighty [men] of
giboreiH1368 →158 times
חֲיָלִ֑יםstrength<s>
chayalimH2428 →246 times
שִׁבְעָֽה־seven-
shivah-H7651 →394 times
עָשָׂ֥רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אֶ֙לֶף֙thousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וּמָאתַ֔יִםand two hundred
umatayimH3967 →581 times
יֹצְאֵ֥י[those who] went forth of
yotzeeiH3318 →1067 times
צָבָ֖אwar
tzava'H6635 →485 times
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃for <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 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 3:15; 1 Chronicles 21:6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.