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Literal Standard Version

1 Chronicles 12:24

The sons of Judah, carrying buckler and spear, [are] six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shields;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Simeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Shield;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Simeon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   War;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Armor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shield;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yehudah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
King James Version
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
English Standard Version
The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.
New Century Version
There were sixty-eight hundred men with their weapons from Judah. They carried shields and spears.
New English Translation
From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.
Amplified Bible
Those of the tribe of Judah who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war;
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Judah who carried shield and spear numbered 6,800, equipped for war.
World English Bible
The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The children of Iudah that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand and eight hundreth armed to the warre.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for military duty.
Berean Standard Bible
From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
Complete Jewish Bible
Following are the numbers of those who came armed for war to David in Hevron, in order to transfer to him the kingdom of Sha'ul, according to what Adonai had said.
Darby Translation
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Judah there were 6800 men ready for war. They carried shields and spears.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, eight thousand and seven hundred.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Judah bearing shield and spear: six thousand eight hundred armed troops.
Literal Translation
The sons of Judah, bearing shield and spear, were six thousand, eight hundred, armed for war.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Iuda, which handled speares and swerdes, were sixe thousande, & eight hundreth ready harnessed vnto ye warre.
American Standard Version
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Bible in Basic English
There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Iuda that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand & eight hundred, redie prepared to the warre.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
The children of Iudah that bare shield, and speare, were sixe thousand, and eight hundred, readie armed to the warre.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.
English Revised Version
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
berynge scheeld and spere, sixe thousynde and eiyte hundrid, redi to batel;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for war.
New King James Version
of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war;
New Living Translation
From the tribe of Judah, there were 6,800 warriors armed with shields and spears.
New Life Bible
There were 6,800 sons of Judah who carried a battle-covering and spear, ready for war.
New Revised Standard
The people of Judah bearing shield and spear numbered six thousand eight hundred armed troops.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Sons of Judah, bearers of shield and spear, six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Juda bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war.
Revised Standard Version
The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred armed troops.
Young's Literal Translation
The sons of Judah, bearing target and spear, [are] six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war.

Contextual Overview

23And these [are] the numbers of the head, of the armed men of the host; they have come to David at Hebron to turn around the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the mouth of YHWH. 24The sons of Judah, carrying buckler and spear, [are] six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.25Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the host, [are] seven thousand and one hundred. 26Of the sons of Levi [are] four thousand and six hundred; 27and Jehoiada [is] the leader of the Aaronite, and with him [are] three thousand and seven hundred, 28and Zadok, a young man, a mighty man of valor, and of the house of his father [are] twenty-two heads. 29And of the sons of Benjamin, brothers of Saul, [are] three thousand, and until now their greater part are keeping the charge of the house of Saul. 30And of the sons of Ephraim [are] twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, men of renown, according to the house of their fathers. 31And of the half of the tribe of Manasseh [are] eighteen thousand, who have been defined by name, to come to cause David to reign. 32And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads [are] two hundred, and all their brothers [are] at their command.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

armed: or, prepared

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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