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1 Chronicles 12:36 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 12 · verse 36
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.1 Chronicles 12:36 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 12:36 in context
34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
35And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
36And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
37And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- battletsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- expertʻârakto set in a rowH6186 →
- AsherʼÂshêrhappyH836 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
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We have here an account of those who were active in perfecting the settlement of David upon the throne, after the death of Ishbosheth. We read (Ch1 11:1, and before Sa2 5:1) that all the tribes of Israel came, either themselves or by their representatives, to Hebron, to make David king;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-40