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Christian Standard Bible ®

1 Chronicles 12:30

From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fame;   Honour-Dishonour;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Simeon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of the children of Efrayim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
King James Version
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
English Standard Version
Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
New Century Version
There were twenty thousand eight hundred men from Ephraim. They were brave warriors and were famous men in their own family groups.
New English Translation
From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.
Amplified Bible
Of the tribe of Ephraim, 20,800, courageous men, famous in their fathers' houses.
New American Standard Bible
From the sons of Ephraim 20,800, valiant mighty men, famous men in their fathers' households.
World English Bible
Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of the children of Ephraim twentie thousande, and eight hundreth valiant men and famous men in the housholde of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, men who had a name in their fathers' households.
Berean Standard Bible
From the Ephraimites: 20,800 mighty warriors, famous among their own clans.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of the descendants of Binyamin the kinsmen of Sha'ul, there were 3,000; for up until then, the majority of them had remained loyal to the house of Sha'ul.
Darby Translation
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Ephraim there were 20,800 men. They were brave soldiers. They were famous men in their own families.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the half tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were renowned, and they came first to make David king.
Lexham English Bible
And from the men of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred mighty warriors of strength, famous men in the house of their fathers.
Literal Translation
And of the sons of Ephraim were twenty thousand, eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men to the house of their fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of ye children of Ephraim, twentie thousande and eighte hundreth valeaunt men of armes, and famous in the house of their fathers.
American Standard Version
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
Bible in Basic English
And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of the children of Ephraim, twentie thousand and eight hundred, mightie men of warre, and famous men in the houshoulde of their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And of the children of Ephraim, twentie thousand, and eight hundred, mightie men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers.
English Revised Version
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous men in their fathers’ houses.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe of the sones of Effraym, twenti thousynde and eiyte hundrid, strongeste men in bodili myyt, men named in her meynees;
Update Bible Version
And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
New King James Version
of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout their father's house;
New Living Translation
From the tribe of Ephraim, there were 20,800 brave warriors, each highly respected in his own clan.
New Life Bible
There were 20,800 powerful soldiers from the sons of Ephraim. They were important men in their fathers' houses.
New Revised Standard
Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand, and eight hundred, - heroes of valour, men of renown, to their ancestral house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, men of great valour renowned in their kindreds.
Revised Standard Version
Of the E'phraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Ephraim [are] twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty of valour, men of name, according to the house of their fathers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' households.

Contextual Overview

23The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the Lord’s word, were as follows: 24From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. 25From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for war. 26From the Levites: 4,600 27in addition to Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men; 28and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his father’s family. 29From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul). 30From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.31From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king. 32From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

famous: Heb. men of names, Genesis 6:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:2 - famous

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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