English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 12:14
14These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
- New International Version (NIV)These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These warriors from Gad were army commanders. The weakest among them could take on a hundred regular troops, and the strongest could take on a thousand!
Context of 1 Chronicles 12:14
12Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth, 13Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh. These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand. 15These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west. 16And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 121 Chronicles 12:14 word by word
אֵ֥לֶּה מִבְּנֵי־גָ֖ד רָאשֵׁ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א אֶחָ֤ד לְמֵאָה֙ הַקָּטָ֔ן וְהַגָּד֖וֹל לְאָֽלֶף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
- captainsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
- of the hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of the leastקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
- over an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- and the greatestגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- over a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 12:14
- Leviticus 26:8Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 12:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The marginal rendering is preferable. (Compare Leviticus 26:8).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Support for making David king started before Saul's death. When Saul was king and David was on the run, warriors joined David, forming a large group from various tribes across Israel. Even Saul's relatives left him to support David as king (1 Chronicles 12:2). David wisely assessed these deserters (1 Chronicles 12:17) to ensure they were not spies for Saul. Before David was officially anointed at Hebron, the people's wishes aligned with God's will for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand--David, while at Ziklag, had not so large an amount of forces as to give to each of these the command of so many men. Another meaning, therefore, must obviously be sought, and excluding was, which is a supplement by our translators, the import of the passage is, that one of the least could discomfit a hundred, and the greatest was worth a thousand ordinary men; a strong hyperbole…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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