The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.
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The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.
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The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
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(12-25) The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, buckler.
Or, buckler.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield…
1Ch 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
Ver. 24. That bare shield and year,] i.e., Weapons defensive and offensive; so must the Christian soldier. {Eph 6:12-17}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Who came hither in the name of all their…
Who came hither in the name of all their brethren; for that whole tribe stuck to David at his very first coming to Hebron.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Six thousand, &c. - Who came hither in the…
Six thousand, &c. - Who came hither in the name of their brethren; for that whole tribe stuck to David.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. Judah… six thousand and eight hundred — It…
24. Judah… six thousand and eight hundred — It has been thought strange that David’s own tribe should have had so small a representation in comparison with remote tribes like Zebulun, Naphtali, and Asher. Compare 1Ch_12:33-34; 1Ch_12:36. But David had already ruled over Judah seven years, and on this occasion it was unnecessary for his own tribe to be present in great numbers. The same remarks apply to the tribe of Simeon, which had already become largely identified with that of Judah.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. The children of Judah, etc.] The list which…
24. The children of Judah, etc.] The list which follows suggests two questions, (1) Whence did the Chronicler derive it? (2) Are the statements of numbers contained in it trustworthy?
In answer to the first question it may be confidently said that the list as it stands is the composition of the Chronicler himself, for the syntax and vocabulary of the passage are his. Its statements may, however, be based on those of some ancient document. As to the second question it must be confessed that the numbers given to the Northern tribes, especially the trans-Jordanic tribes, are surprisingly large, especially when compared with those of the Southern; thus while the totals of Judah, Simeon, Levi, and Benjamin taken together amount to 25,200 warriors, those of Zebulun, Naphtali, Dan, and Asher amount to 155,600. Yet compare the numbers given in 2Sa_24:9 (800,000 men in Israel who drew sword).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) The sons of Judah.—The following list proceeds from…
(24) The sons of Judah.—The following list proceeds from south to north, and then passes over to the trans-Jordanic tribes.
That bare shield and spear.—Comp. 1Ch_12:8.
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Ready armed to the war.—Equipped for war fare. The tribe of Judah, which had acknowledged the sovereignty of David for the last seven years, had no need to appear in full force on the occasion of his recognition by the other tribes.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 24, 25. David had already found friends and…
Vers. 24, 25. David had already found friends and adherents in these two southern tribes of Judah and Simeon.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.