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1 Chronicles 7:40

Asher

38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
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BSB
All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
KJV
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
WEB
All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them listed by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
ASV
All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers` houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
DARBY
All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.
BLB
All these [were] the sons of Asher, heads of the house of their fathers, choice mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. They were reckoned for the host, for battle, and their number of men [was] twenty-six thousand.
ÅB
Alle disse var sønner av Aser, hoder for sine familier, utvalgte veldige stridsmenn, høvdinger blant fyrstene, og de menn som sto i deres slektsliste som dugelige til krigstjeneste, var seks og tyve tusen i tallet.
[^1]: stridsmennene i den hele stamme.
[^2]: Huppims.
[^3]: Gileads.
[^4]: Eser og Elad var tillikemed Sutelah 1KR 7, 20 Efra'ims sønner.
[^5]: Berias, 1KR 7 23.
OTB
Alle disse var Asjers sønner,
overhoder for fedres hus, utvalgte og mektige menn av tapperhet, høvdinger blant fyrstene.
Og antallet av dem registrert etter slektsregister for tjeneste i krig var
tjueseks tusen menn.
B1930
Alle disse var sønner av Aser, hoder for sine familier, utvalgte veldige stridsmenn, høvdinger blandt fyrstene, og de menn som stod i deres ætteliste som dugelige til krigstjeneste, var seks og tyve tusen i tallet.

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