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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 7:9

The official record of their descendants by families listed 20,200 men eligible for military duty.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benjamin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Uzzi;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Genealogies;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ashbel;   Pedigree;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benjamin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families—20,200 valiant warriors.
Hebrew Names Version
They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
King James Version
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
English Standard Version
And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200.
New Century Version
Their family history listed the family leaders and twenty thousand two hundred fighting men.
New English Translation
There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.
Amplified Bible
They were registered by their genealogies according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' households, courageous men, 20,200 in number.
New American Standard Bible
They were registered by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 valiant warriors.
World English Bible
They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
They were recorded by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 mighty men of valor.
Berean Standard Bible
Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families-20,200 mighty warriors.
Contemporary English Version
The official family records listed 20,200 soldiers in the families of this clan, as well as their family leaders.
Complete Jewish Bible
Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers' clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.
Darby Translation
And they were registered by their genealogy by their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand two hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their family history shows who the family leaders were. And it also shows they had 20,200 soldiers.
George Lamsa Translation
And their number, according to their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, valiant men, was twenty-two thousand and two hundred.
Lexham English Bible
And their enrollment by genealogy according to their generations, as heads of the house of their fathers, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
Literal Translation
And their genealogy, by their generations, heads of their fathers' house, mighty warriors, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers, valeaunt men, twentie thousande, and two hundreth.
American Standard Version
And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Bible in Basic English
And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the number of them after their genealogie and generations, & captaynes of the housholdes of their fathers, men of might [were] twentie thousande and two hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
King James Version (1611)
And the number of them, after their genealogie by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mightie men of valour, was twentie thousand and two hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their number according to their generations, (they were chiefs of their fathers’ houses, men of might), was twenty thousand and two hundred.
English Revised Version
And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the princes of kynredis weren noumbrid bi her meynees twenti thousynde and two hundrid moost stronge men to batels.
Update Bible Version
And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, [was] twenty thousand and two hundred.
New King James Version
And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.
New Living Translation
Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors and leaders from these clans was 20,200, as listed in their genealogical records.
New Life Bible
Their names were written down by their families. They were heads of their fathers' houses, 20,200 powerful soldiers.
New Revised Standard
and their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their ancestral houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they had registered themselves by their generations, the chiefs of their ancestral house, the heroes of valour, were twenty thousand and two hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were numbered by the families, heads of their kindreds, most valiant men for war, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Revised Standard Version
and their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
Young's Literal Translation
with their genealogy, after their generations, heads of a house of their fathers, mighty of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 mighty men of valor.

Contextual Overview

1 Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 2 Tola had six sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were heads of families of the clan of Tola and were famous soldiers. At the time of King David their descendants numbered 22,600. 3 Uzzi had one son, Izrahiah. Izrahiah and his four sons, Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, were all heads of families. 4 They had so many wives and children that their descendants were able to provide 36,000 men for military duty. 5 The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military duty. 6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. 7 Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 22,034 men eligible for military duty. 8 Becher had nine sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. 9 The official record of their descendants by families listed 20,200 men eligible for military duty. 10 Jediael had one son, Bilhan, and Bilhan had seven sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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Cross-References

Genesis 2:19
So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came on the earth.
Genesis 7:9
went into the boat with Noah, as God had commanded.
Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,
Genesis 7:12
and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights.
Genesis 7:16
as God had commanded. Then the Lord shut the door behind Noah.
Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil."
Jeremiah 8:7
Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
Galatians 3:28
So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the number of them,.... Of the posterity of the sons of Becher:

after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; as they increased in succeeding ages, and at the time of David:

was twenty thousand and two hundred.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lists here are remarkably different from those in marginal references Probably the persons here mentioned were not literally “sons,” but were among the later descendants of the founders, being the chief men of the family at the time of David’s census.


 
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