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1 Chronicles 12:36

And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asher;   David;   Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Asher, the Tribe of;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asher;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Simeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asher;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asher, Tribe and Territory;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.
Hebrew Names Version
Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
King James Version
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
English Standard Version
Of Asher 40,000 seasoned troops ready for battle.
New Century Version
There were forty thousand trained soldiers from Asher, who were ready for war.
New English Translation
From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.
Amplified Bible
Of the tribe of Asher, 40,000 men in military service, able to draw up in battle formation.
New American Standard Bible
From Asher there were forty thousand who went out in the army to draw up in battle formation.
World English Bible
Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of Asher that went out to the battell and were trained in the warres, fourtie thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of Asher there were 40,000 who went out in the army to arrange themselves for battle.
Berean Standard Bible
From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of Dan, 28,600 were experienced in war.
Darby Translation
And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Asher there were 40,000 trained soldiers ready for war.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and of the Gadites and of the half tribe of Manasseh, armed with all manner of weapons of war, one hundred and twenty thousand.
Lexham English Bible
And from Asher, those who went out armed and prepared for battle: forty thousand.
Literal Translation
And of Asher, going out to the army to set in order the battle were forty thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of Asser, soch as wente forth in ye hoost, ready harnessed to the battayll, fortye thousande
American Standard Version
And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of Aser that went out to the warre and kept the forefront of the battaile fourtie thousand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
King James Version (1611)
And of Asher, such as went foorth to battell, expert in warre, fourtie thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
English Revised Version
And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of Aser fourti thousynde men, goynge out to batel, and stirynge to batel in the scheltrun.
Update Bible Version
And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
New King James Version
of Asher, those who could go out to war, able to keep battle formation, forty thousand;
New Living Translation
From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 trained warriors, all prepared for battle.
New Life Bible
There were 40,000 soldiers from Asher, ready for battle.
New Revised Standard
Of Asher, forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, of Asher, such as were ready to go forth in host to set in array for battle, forty thousand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of Aser forty thousand going forth to fight, and challenging in battle.
Revised Standard Version
Of Asher forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.
Young's Literal Translation
And of Asher, going forth to the host, to arrange battle, [are] forty thousand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of Asher there were 40,000 who went out in the army to draw up in battle formation.

Contextual Overview

23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said. 24 There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war; 25 Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war; 26 Of the children of Levi, four thousand, six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men; 28 And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people. 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul. 30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families. 31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

expert in war: or, keeping their rank, 1 Chronicles 12:33, Joel 2:7

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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