1 Chronicles 12:24

New Life Version

There were 6,800 sons of Judah who carried a battle-covering and spear, ready for war.

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 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

²³ These are the numbers of the armies who came to David at Hebron. They came to turn the nation of Saul to him, as the Word of the Lord had said. ²⁴ There were 6,800 sons of Judah who carried a battle-covering and spear, ready for war. ²⁵ There were 7,100 powerful soldiers from the sons of Simeon. ²⁶ There were 4,600 sons of Levi. ²⁷ Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron. There were 3,700 men with him. ²⁸ And there was Zadok, a young, powerful soldier, and twenty-two captains from his own father's house. ²⁹ There were 3,000 sons of Benjamin, Saul's brothers. For until now most of them had stayed faithful to the house of Saul. ³⁰ There were 20,800 powerful soldiers from the sons of Ephraim. They were important men in their fathers' houses. ³¹ There were 18,000 men of the half-family group of Manasseh. They were chosen by name to come and make David king. ³² There were 200 captains of the sons of Issachar. They understood the times and had much understanding of what Israel should do. And all their brothers obeyed them.

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