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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 7:5

The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand fighting men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Issachar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Zadok;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Issachar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Issachar ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Issachar;   Pedigree;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Issachar, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.
Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers among all the families of Yissakhar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
King James Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
English Standard Version
Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
New English Translation
Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.
Amplified Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.
New American Standard Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were valiant warriors, registered by genealogy, eighty-seven thousand in all.
World English Bible
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, recorded by genealogy, in all 87,000.
Berean Standard Bible
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty warriors totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
Contemporary English Version
In fact, according to family records, the tribe of Issachar had a total of 87,000 warriors.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.
Darby Translation
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar valiant men of might, registered by genealogy, in all eighty-seven thousand.
Easy-to-Read Version
The family history shows there were 87,000 strong soldiers in all the tribes of Issachar.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren, all the families of Issachar, were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogy, eighty-seven thousand.
Good News Translation
The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military duty.
Lexham English Bible
Now their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled according to their genealogy.
Literal Translation
And their brothers among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of war, being in all, by their genealogies, eighty seven thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar, were seue and foure score thousande, and were all nombred.
American Standard Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
Bible in Basic English
And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren among all the kinredes of Isachar were valiaunt men of warre, reckened in all by their genealogies fourescore and seuen thousande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, were men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies, fourescore and seuen thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, were eighty-seven thousand—this was the number of them all.
English Revised Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And her britheren by alle the kynredis of Isachar `moost stronge to fiyte weren noumbrid foure scoore and seuene thousynde.
Update Bible Version
And their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were 87,000.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies eighty and seven thousand.
New King James Version
Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.
New Living Translation
The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records.
New Life Bible
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar were powerful soldiers. There were 87,000 of them, whose names were written down by their families.
New Revised Standard
Their kindred belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, their brethren, of all the families of Issachar, heroes of great valour, were eighty-seven thousand, when they had, all, registered themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war.
Revised Standard Version
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Is'sachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
Young's Literal Translation
and their brethren of all the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour, eighty and seven thousand, all have their genealogy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000.

Contextual Overview

1 Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 2 Tola's sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, and they were leaders of their families. In the family history of Tola's descendants, twenty-two thousand six hundred men were listed as fighting men during the time David was king. 3 Uzzi's son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah's sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders. 4 Their family history shows they had thirty-six thousand men ready to serve in the army, because they had many wives and children. 5 The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand fighting men. 6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael. 7 Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, and they were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had twenty-two thousand thirty-four fighting men. 8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker's sons. 9 Their family history listed the family leaders and twenty thousand two hundred fighting men. 10 Jediael's son was Bilhan. Bilhan's sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.
Exodus 39:32
So all the work on the Meeting Tent was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him.
Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I study your commands.
Matthew 3:15
Jesus answered, "Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are God's will." So John agreed to baptize Jesus.
Luke 8:21
Jesus answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and obey it!"
John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you to do."
John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Philippians 2:8
And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death—death on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar,.... As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 1 Chronicles 7:1

were men of might; valiant and courageous:

reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand; that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given.


 
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