1 Chronicles 7:11

11 All these [were] the sons of Jediael according to the heads of the {families}, mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, {able to go to war}.

1 Chronicles 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:11

All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,
mighty men of valour, [were] seventeen thousand and two hundred
[soldiers], fit to go out for war and battle.
] Which, with the above sums put together, make of the tribe of Benjamin, besides what follow, 59,430; who, if numbered by Joab, the account was not given in by him, ( 1 Chronicles 21:6 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:11 In-Context

9 And their enrollment by genealogy according to their generations, [as] heads of the house of their fathers, mighty warriors, [was] twenty thousand two hundred.
10 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these [were] the sons of Jediael according to the heads of the {families}, mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, {able to go to war}.
12 And Shuppim and Huppim [were] the sons of Ir; Hushim, the son of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the {descendants} of Bilhah.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "fathers"
  • [b]. Literally "going out to the army to the war"
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