1 Chronicles 12:4

4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the thirty [who was] over the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite;

1 Chronicles 12:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:4

And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and
over the thirty
That came with him, and he had the command of; this man was of Gibeon, another city in the tribe of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:25 ) and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad, the Gederathite;
one of Gederah, a city in the tribe of Judah, perhaps on the borders of that and Benjamin; Joram speaks of it as belonging to the country of the city Aelia or Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 12:4 In-Context

2 [They were] armed with [the] bow, [able to shoot] right-handed or left-handed, [slinging] stones or [shooting] arrows with the bow; [they were] kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin.
3 The leader [was] Ahiezer, then Jehoash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeonite; Jeiel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;
4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the thirty [who was] over the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite;
5 Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Hariphite;
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korahites;

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. 1 Chronicles 12:5 begins here in the Hebrew Bible
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