1 Chronicles 12:26
in 1 Chronicles 12From Levi: 4,600,
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ASV
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
KJV
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
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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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִן־ | min- | of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| בְּנֵי֙ | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַלֵּוִ֔י | halevi | the Levite[s] | H3878 → | 59 times |
| אַרְבַּ֥עַת | ʾarbaat | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| אֲלָפִ֖ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ ס | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
מִן־of
min-H4480 →1188 times
בְּנֵי֙[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הַלֵּוִ֔יthe Levite[s]
haleviH3878 →59 times
אַרְבַּ֥עַתfour
ʾarbaatH702 →318 times
אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃ סhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
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.