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1 Chronicles 12:30

12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. kindred: Heb. brethren the greatest: Heb. a multitude of them
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. famous: Heb. men of names

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Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.

And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

What does 1 Chronicles 12:30 mean?

1 Chronicles 12:30 is a verse in the book of 1 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֵּן (bên), אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim), עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym). It connects to 1 cross-referenced passage elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
of
the
childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
EphraimאֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayim/ef-rah'-yim/H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
twentyעֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîym/es-reem'/H6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
thousandאֶלֶףʼeleph/eh'-lef/H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
and
eightשְׁמֹנֶהshᵉmôneh/shem-o-neh'/H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
hundred,מֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/H3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
menאֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh/en-oshe'/H582a man in general (singly or collectively)
of
valour,חַיִלchayil/khah'-yil/H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
famousשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
throughout
the
houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of
their
fathers.אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
famous:
Heb.
men
of
names

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:30

HENRY_FULL · 1 Chronicles 12:30
We had some account given us of Benjamin in the foregoing chapter; here we have a larger catalogue of the great men of that tribe. 1. Because of that tribe Saul came, the first king of Israel, to the story of whom the sacred writer is hastening, ch. x. 1 . 2. Because that tribe clave to Judah, inhabited much of Jerusalem, was one of the two tribes that went into captivity, and returned back; and that story also he has an eye to, ch. ix. 1 . Here is, I. Some of the heads of that tribe named, ver. 1-32 . II. A more particular account of the family of Saul, ver. 33-40 .

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1 Chronicles 12:2

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.

Verses like this

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Genesis 5:10

And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:13

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:16

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:19

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:4

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:7

And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

2 Samuel 23:8

These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. The Tachmonite: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three. whom he: Heb. slain. he lift: See.Ch.11.11. whom he: Heb. slain

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What does 1 Chronicles 12:30 say?

1 Chronicles 12:30 (King James Version) reads: "And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. famous: Heb. men of names"

Is 1 Chronicles 12:30 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Chronicles 12:30 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Chronicles.

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