1 Chronicles 12:29
27 including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
28 and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
30 From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
31 From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, for until then, the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house.
- ASV
- And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
- DARBY
- And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.
- BLB
- And of the sons of Benjamin, brothers of Saul, three thousand—and until then the greatest part of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.
- ÅB
- og av Benjamins barn, Sauls stammefrender, tre tusen; for inntil den tid hadde den største del av dem holdt seg til Sauls hus;
- OTB
- Fra sønnene av Benjamin, Sauls slektninger:
3 000;
for inntil da hadde flertallet av dem holdt sin troskap til Sauls hus. - B1930
- og av Benjamins barn, Sauls stammefrender, tre tusen; for inntil den tid hadde den største del av dem holdt sig til Sauls hus;
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Cross references
2 Samuel 2:8–9
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:2
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
Read in contextGenesis 31:23
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
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