1 Chronicles 12:4

4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then 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 equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite,
4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the Korahites,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In Heb the beginning of v 5, making 41 vv in ch
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