1 Chronicles 12:31

31 Of the half-tribe * of Manasseh 18,000 * *, who were designated 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 Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen, 3,000 ; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
30 Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800 , mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' households.
31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000 , who were designated by name to come and make David king.
32 Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.
33 Of Zebulun, there were 50,000 who went out in the army, who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David with an undivided heart.
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