God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 7:4
4They had many wives and children. So in addition to these men grouped according to their ancestry and families, there were 36,000 soldiers.
1 Chronicles 7:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
- New International Version (NIV)According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
Context of 1 Chronicles 7:4
2Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. These men were heads of the families of Tola. They were soldiers grouped according to their ancestry. In David’s day there were 22,600 of them. 3The five descendants of Uzzi were Izrahiah and Izrahiah’s sons Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All of them were heads ⌞of families⌟. They had many wives and children. So in addition to these men grouped according to their ancestry and families, there were 36,000 soldiers. 5Their relatives (that is, all of Issachar’s families) were fighting men. A total of 87,000 of them was recorded in the genealogy. 6Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 71 Chronicles 7:4 word by word
וַעֲלֵיהֶ֨ם לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבוֹתָ֗ם גְּדוּדֵי֙ צְבָ֣א מִלְחָמָ֔ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶף כִּֽי־הִרְבּ֥וּ נָשִׁ֖ים וּבָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And with them, by their generationsתּוֹלֵדוֹתtôledâh tôledâh · generationH8435
- after the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- bandsגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
- of soldiersצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- for warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- for they had manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- and sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter provides the genealogies of the remaining tribes of Israel. The sections on the tribes of Issachar, Benjamin, and Asher may come from a military census. These lists are almost the same length, use military terms, record the father's houses, and do not mention settlements. The tribes of Zebulun and Dan are completely omitted, and Naphtali has only a short record.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51Ch 7:1-5. Sons of Issachar. 1. Jashub--or Job (Ge 46:13).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7
- 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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