And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
And of Asher, going forth to the host, to arrange battle, are forty thousand.
And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk7
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Joel 2:7They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
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the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 12:33From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
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They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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The verses this one reaches2
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
