1 Chronicles 7:4

4 With them, by their generations, in their fathers' clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children.

1 Chronicles 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:4

And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
fathers, were bands of soldiers for war
Companies of men of military courage and skill, who could and did go out to war upon occasion: six and thirty thousand [men];
besides the 22,600 Tolaites, ( 1 Chronicles 7:2 ) , for they had many wives and sons;
having many wives, they had many sons; polygamy was the cause of their large numbers; and that they gave into for the sake of the multiplication of Abraham's seed, according to the divine promise.

1 Chronicles 7:4 In-Context

2 The sons of Tola were: 'Uzi, Refayah, Yeri'el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh'mu'el. They were heads of their fathers' clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.

3 The son of 'Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha'el, 'Ovadyah, Yo'el and Yishiyah - five, all of them leaders.

4 With them, by their generations, in their fathers' clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children.

5 Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.

6 [The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y'dia'el - three.