1 Chronicles 12:32

32 And from the men of Issachar: {men who were skilled in understanding the times} to know what Israel should do. Their chiefs [were] two hundred, and all their kinsmen [were] under their command.

1 Chronicles 12:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:32

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 12:23).

1 Chronicles 12:32 In-Context

30 And from the men of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred mighty warriors of strength, famous men in the house of their fathers.
31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand who were designated by name to come to make David king.
32 And from the men of Issachar: {men who were skilled in understanding the times} to know what Israel should do. Their chiefs [were] two hundred, and all their kinsmen [were] under their command.
33 From Zebulun, those who went out armed, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war: fifty thousand to help David {with singleness of purpose}.
34 From Naphtali: one thousand commanders; and [those] with them with shield and spear: thirty-seven thousand.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "men who knew the understanding of the times"
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