23Andthesearethenumbersoftheheadsofthemthatwerearmedforwar,whocameH935toDavidH1732toHebron,toturnthekingdomofSaultohim,accordingtothewordofJehovah. 24ThechildrenofJudahthatbare shieldandspearweresix thousandandeight hundred,armedH2502forwarH6635. 25OfthechildrenofSimeon, mightymenofvalorforthewarH6635, seventhousandH505andonehundredH3967. 26OfthechildrenofLevi fourthousandH505andsixhundredH3967. 27AndJehoiadawastheleaderofthehouseofAaron;andwithhimwerethreethousandH505andsevenhundredH3967, 28andZadok,ayoung man mightyofvalor,andofhisfather’s house twentyandtwoH3967captains. 29AndofthechildrenofBenjamin,thebrethrenofSaul, three thousand:forhithertothegreatest partofthemhadkepttheirallegiancetothehouseH1004ofSaul. 30AndofthechildrenofEphraim twentythousandH505andeight hundred, mightymenofvalor, famousmenintheirfathers’housesH1004. 31Andofthehalf-tribeofManasseh eighteenthousandH505,whowerementionedbynameH8034,tocomeandmakeDavid king. 32AndofthechildrenofIssachar, menthathadunderstandingofthetimes,toknowwhatIsrael oughttodo,theheadsofthemweretwohundred;andalltheirbrethrenwereattheircommandment. 33OfZebulun,suchaswereabletogooutinthehost,thatcouldsetthebattleinarray,withallmannerofinstrumentsofwar, fifty thousand,andthatcouldorderthebattle array,andwerenotofdouble heart. 34AndofNaphtaliathousandH505captains,andwiththemwithshieldandspear thirtyandseventhousandH505. 35AndoftheDanites that could setthebattleinarray, twentyandeightthousandH505andsix hundred. 36AndofAsher, such aswereabletogooutinthehost,thatcould setthebattleH4421inarray, fortythousandH505. 37Andontheother sideoftheJordan,oftheReubenites,andtheGadites,andofthehalf-tribeofManasseh,withallmannerofinstrumentsofwarH4421forthebattleH4421,ahundredandtwentythousandH505. Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 12
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