1 Chronicles 7:9
in 1 Chronicles 7Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
KJV
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Benjamin; Bela
on 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
Benjamin's three clans muster to nearly sixty thousand men, a genealogy Barnes reads as later descendants reckoned to their founders rather than a strict father to son list at the time of David's census. Gill takes verse ten's Ehud, among Jediael's grandsons, as the same man who later judged Israel in Judges 3:15, a reading other commentators do not share. Verse twelve's Shuppim, Huppim and Hushim stand outside the three named clans, and the older commentators disagree over which son of Benjamin they belong to.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the number of them,.... Of the posterity of the sons of Becher: after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; as they increased in succeeding ages, and at the time of David: was twenty thousand and two hundred.
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf, Gen. xlix. It was the honour of this tribe that it produced Saul the first king, and more its honour that it adhered to the rightful kings of the house of David when the other tribes revolted.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֣ם | vehityachsam | and recording genealogy they | H3187 → | 18 times |
| לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֗ם | letoledotam | to generations their | H8435 → | 39 times |
| רָאשֵׁי֙ | rashei | chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתָ֔ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גִּבּוֹרֵ֖י | giborei | mighty [men] of | H1368 → | 158 times |
| חָ֑יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּמָאתָֽיִם׃ ס | umatayim | and two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֣םand recording genealogy they
vehityachsamH3187 →18 times
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֗םto generations their
letoledotamH8435 →39 times
רָאשֵׁי֙chiefs of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבוֹתָ֔םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
גִּבּוֹרֵ֖יmighty [men] of
giboreiH1368 →158 times
חָ֑יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים[was] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וּמָאתָֽיִם׃ סand two hundred
umatayimH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.