1 Chronicles 12:31
in 1 Chronicles 12From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
KJV
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
famous throughout the house of their fathers
on 1 Chronicles 12:30-31
Ephraim sends twenty thousand eight hundred, famous throughout the house of their fathers, and the half tribe of Manasseh sends eighteen thousand more, men expressed by name for the specific purpose of making David king. Keil reads the naming of individuals within so large a number as evidence the Chronicler drew on an actual muster record rather than a round estimate. Bennett notes that these two tribes, both descended from Joseph, appear in this list without any of the old rivalry with Judah that later divides the kingdom under Solomon's son.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Manasseh - Which was within Jordan: for of the other half beyond Jordan he speaks, ver. 37. By name - Who were not ashamed publickly to own David by putting their names to some paper presented to them for that purpose.
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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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:98%@v14-15
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמֵחֲצִי֙ | umechatzi | and of [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| מַטֵּ֣ה | mateh | [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה | shemonah | eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִקְּבוּ֙ | nikevu | they had been designated | H5344 → | |
| בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹת | beshemot | by names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לָב֖וֹא | lavo' | to come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ | lehamlikh | to make king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּוִֽיד׃ ס | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וּמֵחֲצִי֙and of [the] half of
umechatziH2677 →125 times
מַטֵּ֣ה[the] tribe of
matehH4294 →252 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֔הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
שְׁמוֹנָ֥הeight-
shemonahH8083 →109 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אָ֑לֶףthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִקְּבוּ֙they had been designated
nikevuH5344 →
בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹתby names
beshemotH8034 →864 times
לָב֖וֹאto come
lavo'H935 →2568 times
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְto make king
lehamlikhH4427 →348 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּוִֽיד׃ סDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).