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1 Chronicles 8:40

BenjaminUlam

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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BSB
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
KJV
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
WEB
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
ASV
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons` sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
DARBY
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
BLB
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, bending the bow and multiplying sons and grandsons—a hundred and fifty. All these [were] sons of Benjamin.
ÅB
Ulams sønner var veldige stridsmenn, dyktige bueskyttere; de hadde mange sønner og sønnesønner - hundre og femti. Alle disse var av Benjamins barn.
[^1]: Ehud.
[^2]: Je'uel, 1KR 9, 35.
[^3]: d.s.s. Isboset, 2SA 2, 8.
[^4]: d.s.s. Mefiboset, 2SA 4, 4.
OTB
Ulams sønner var tapre krigere dyktige i bueskyting,
og de hadde mange sønner og barnebarn, 150 totalt.
Alle disse var blant etterkommerne av Benjamin.
B1930
Ulams sønner var veldige stridsmenn, dyktige bueskyttere; de hadde mange sønner og sønnesønner - hundre og femti. Alle disse var av Benjamins barn.

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  • Psalms 127:3–5

    Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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  • Psalms 128:3–6

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:8

    And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:2

    They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

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