1 Chronicles 5:18

the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, men of war, carrying shields and swords, and bending the bow, and trained for battle, forty-four thousand and seven hundred sixty, advancing to the fight.

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In The King James Version

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

In Context

17All these were numbered in the days of Jotham, the king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the king of Israel:

19They struggled against the Hagarites, yet truly the Jetureans, and Naphish, and Nodab offered assistance to them.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:3from twenty years and above, of all the able-bodied men out of Israel, and you shall number them by their companies, you and Aaron.

Joshua 1:12Likewise, he said to the Reubenites and to the Gadites, and to the one half tribe of Manasseh:

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 5:2-18

Genealogies. ( b. c. 715.) 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his… Read the whole commentary →

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