1 Chronicles 12:34
in 1 Chronicles 12From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
KJV
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
they were not of double heart
on 1 Chronicles 12:33-37
The remaining tribes are each marked by one distinguishing trait: Zebulun disciplined enough to keep rank and not of double heart, sending fifty thousand; Naphtali a thousand captains over thirty-seven thousand more; Dan and Asher expert in war; and the tribes across Jordan, Reuben, Gad and the other half of Manasseh, fielding a hundred and twenty thousand with every kind of weapon. Barnes reads this pattern as the Chronicler's method across the whole list, naming in each tribe the one thing it was most admired for rather than repeating the same praise everywhere. Wesley reads not of double heart at Zebulun as loyalty without pretense, men who did not publicly back David while secretly hoping for Saul's house to return.
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִנַּפְתָּלִ֖י | uminaftali | and of Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| שָׂרִ֣ים | sarim | commanders | H8269 → | 421 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְעִמָּהֶם֙ | veimahem | and with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּצִנָּ֣ה | betzinah | with shield | H6793 → | 22 times |
| וַחֲנִ֔ית | vachanit | and spear | H2595 → | 47 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה | veshivah | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ ס | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
וּמִנַּפְתָּלִ֖יand of Naphtali
uminaftaliH5321 →51 times
שָׂרִ֣יםcommanders
sarimH8269 →421 times
אָ֑לֶףone thousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
וְעִמָּהֶם֙and with them
veimahemH5973 →1050 times
בְּצִנָּ֣הwith shield
betzinahH6793 →22 times
וַחֲנִ֔יתand spear
vachanitH2595 →47 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְשִׁבְעָ֖הand seven
veshivahH7651 →394 times
אָֽלֶף׃ סthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.