1 Chronicles 12:24
in 1 Chronicles 12From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
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ASV
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
KJV
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
to turn the kingdom of Saul to him
on 1 Chronicles 12:23-27
The second list begins at Hebron itself, numbering the tribes that came to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord, a phrase that frames this whole muster as the fulfillment of a promise rather than a coup. Judah supplies six thousand eight hundred and Levi four thousand six hundred, with the house of Aaron under Jehoiada numbering three thousand seven hundred more. Clarke identifies this Jehoiada as father of Benaiah rather than the sitting high priest Abiathar, a distinct man raising a distinct company; the priestly tribe stands armed here in a coronation muster where Numbers would ordinarily exempt it from a military census.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| נֹשְׂאֵ֥י | noseei | bearers of | H5375 → | 656 times |
| צִנָּ֖ה | tzinah | shield | H6793 → | 22 times |
| וָרֹ֑מַח | varomach | and spear | H7420 → | |
| שֵׁ֧שֶׁת | sheshet | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| אֲלָפִ֛ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| חֲלוּצֵ֥י | chalutzei | [men] equipped of | H2502 → | |
| צָבָֽא׃ ס | tzava' | war | H6635 → | 485 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
נֹשְׂאֵ֥יbearers of
noseeiH5375 →656 times
צִנָּ֖הshield
tzinahH6793 →22 times
וָרֹ֑מַחand spear
varomachH7420 →
שֵׁ֧שֶׁתsix
sheshetH8337 →216 times
אֲלָפִ֛יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
חֲלוּצֵ֥י[men] equipped of
chalutzeiH2502 →
צָבָֽא׃ סwar
tzava'H6635 →485 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.