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1 Chronicles 12:30

Ephraim

28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

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.

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

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

32 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.

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BSB
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
KJV
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
WEB
Of the children of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.
ASV
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers` houses.
DARBY
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
BLB
And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men of valor, men of renown according to the house of their fathers.
ÅB
og av Efra'ims barn tyve tusen og åtte hundre, djerve stridsmenn, navnkundige menn i sine familier;
OTB
Fra sønnene av Efraim, mektige menn av mot, berømte menn i sine fedres hus:
20 800.
B1930
og av Efra'ims barn tyve tusen og åtte hundre, djerve stridsmenn, navnkundige menn i sine familier;

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  • 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.

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