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1 Chronicles 7:40 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 7 · verse 40
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.1 Chronicles 7:40 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 7:40 in context
38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- genealogyyâchasto enroll by pedigreeH3187 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- princesnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- choicebârarto clarify , examine, selectH1305 →
- valourchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
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We have here an account, I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-40