King James Version
1 Chronicles 12:34 in the King James Version says “And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.”
1 Chronicles 12:34 · KJV
And of the children of Issachar, which were 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.
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. expert: or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle keep: or, set the battle in array not: Heb. without a heart and a heart
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. expert: or, keeping their rank
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And of Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“and seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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