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1 Chronicles 7:5

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Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.

KJV

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar,.... As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 1Ch 7:1. were men of might; valiant and courageous: reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand; that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given.

This site's exposition

The sons of Issachar

on 1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Issachar's list runs four generations deep and closes at 87,000 mighty men of valor. Adam Clarke notes that Issachar, Benjamin and Asher are the only three tribes whose David-era musters survive. Gill traces the large numbers to polygamy, and verse 4 gives the cause: they had many wives and children.

This site's exposition

Their kinsmen belonging to all the families

Gill reads the 87,000 as the whole tribe, taking in the houses of Puah, Jashub and Shimron along with the men of Tola and Uzzi. 1 Chronicles 12:32 remembers the men of Issachar as those who understood the times. The tally closes the tribe's entry.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

This large increase was owing to the practice of polygamy, as well as the fruitfulness of the women. A plurality of wives, though tolerated among the Hebrews, was confined chiefly to the great and wealthy; but it seems to have been generally esteemed a privilege by the tribe of Issachar, "for they had many wives and sons" [1Ch 7:4].

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗םand relatives their

    vaacheihemH251 →630 times

  • לְכֹל֙to all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת[the] clans of

    mishpechotH4940 →303 times

  • יִשָׂשכָ֔רIssachar

    yisoshkharH3485 →43 times

  • גִּבּוֹרֵ֖יmighty [men] of

    giboreiH1368 →158 times

  • חֲיָלִ֑יםstrength<s>

    chayalimH2428 →246 times

  • שְׁמוֹנִ֤ים[was] eighty

    shemonimH8084 →38 times

  • וְשִׁבְעָה֙and seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • אֶ֔לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • הִתְיַחְשָׂ֖םrecording genealogy they

    hityachsamH3187 →18 times

  • לַכֹּֽל׃ פof <the> everyone

    lakolH3605 →5413 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 12:32; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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