1 Chronicles 12:14

Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

In Context

13Next was another man whose name was Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.

15They crossed to the west side of the Jordan River during March, at the time of the year when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:30You would have realized why 1,000 of your soldiers would be defeated by only one of the enemy soldiers, and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 Israeli soldiers. You would realize that this would happen only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:2-23

David's Army. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the… Read the whole commentary →

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