King James Version
1 Chronicles 12:6 in the King James Version says “Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,”
1 Chronicles 12:6 · KJV
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; of war: Heb. of the host as swift: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste
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