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1 Chronicles 12:20

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When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.

KJV

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

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Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

when he came with the Philistines

on 1 Chronicles 12:19-21

Some of Manasseh joined David during the Philistine campaign against Saul at Gilboa, a scene 1 Samuel 29 already tells from the Philistine lords' own suspicion of David and his dismissal from their ranks. Chronicles adds what Samuel does not: the captains' names, and the notice that these same men helped David against the band of the rovers, the Amalekites who had burned Ziklag while he marched with the Philistines. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown tie the notice directly to 1 Samuel 30's raid, reading these Manassite captains as reinforcements David gained just in time for that pursuit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh,.... Others besides the former, who joined him when he went with the Philistines; these joined him when he was dismissed from them, and was returning to Ziklag: namely: Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh; that tribe being, as the rest were, divided into hundreds and thousands; these were captains over the thousands of the militia of the tribe.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

there fell some of Manasseh--The period of their accession is fixed as the time when David came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. but they helped them not--(See on 1Sa 29:4).

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The words behind it

17 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.

  • בְּלֶכְתּ֣וֹwhen went he

    belekhtoH1980 →1546 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • צִֽיקְלַ֗גZiklag

    tziklagH6860 →15 times

  • נָפְל֣וּthey fell

    nafeluH5307 →435 times

  • עָלָ֣יו׀on him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • מִֽמְּנַשֶּׁ֡הsome of Manasseh

    mimenashehH4519 →146 times

  • עַ֠דְנַחAdnach

    ʾadnachH5734 →

  • וְיוֹזָבָ֤דand Jozabad

    veyozavadH3107 →11 times

  • וִידִֽיעֲאֵל֙and Jediael

    vidiaelH3043 →6 times

  • וּמִיכָאֵ֣לand Michael

    umikhaelH4317 →13 times

  • וְיוֹזָבָ֔דand Jozabad

    veyozavadH3107 →11 times

  • וֶאֱלִיה֖וּאand Elihu

    veelihu'H453 →11 times

  • וְצִלְּתָ֑יand Zillethai

    vetziletaiH6769 →

  • רָאשֵׁ֥י[the] chiefs of

    rasheiH7218 →599 times

  • הָאֲלָפִ֖יםthe thousands

    haalafimH505 →505 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לִמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃[belonged] to Manasseh

    limnashehH4519 →146 times

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

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 13:1Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.3 worksDeuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”2 works1 Samuel 29:11So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.2 worksExodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.2 worksDeuteronomy 1:15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.2 works1 Chronicles 12:21They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 27:6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.2 worksGenesis 40:17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”0 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 18:21

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

    it leads to

    • Acts 6:3

      Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them

    • 2 Chronicles 19:5–10

      He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

    • Deuteronomy 1:13–17

      Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

    • Deuteronomy 16:18–19

      You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

    • 2 Samuel 23:3

      The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 33:17

    His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 23:22

      God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

    • 1 Kings 22:11

      Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

    • Psalms 44:5

      Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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