1 Chronicles 12:31

31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:31

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 12:23).

1 Chronicles 12:31 In-Context

29 And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

32 And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

33 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart.