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1 Chronicles 12:34

There were 1,000 captains from Naphtali. With them were 37,000 men with battle-coverings and spears.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Captain;   David;   Israel;   Naphtali;   Thompson Chain Reference - Captains;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Manasseh, the Tribe of;   Naphtali, the Tribe of;   Shields;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Naphtali;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zebulun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Shield;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Simeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Naphtali;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Naphtali;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;   Naphtali;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Naphtali;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Naphtali, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
Hebrew Names Version
Of Naftali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
King James Version
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
English Standard Version
Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.
New Century Version
There were one thousand officers from Naphtali. They had thirty-seven thousand soldiers with them who carried shields and spears.
New English Translation
From Naphtali there were 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears.
Amplified Bible
Of the tribe of Naphtali, there were 1,000 captains, and with them 37,000 [of the rank and file armed] with shield and spear.
New American Standard Bible
From Naphtali there were a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.
World English Bible
Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of Naphtali a thousand captaines, and with them with shielde and speare seuen and thirtie thousande.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of Naphtali there were 1,000 commanders, and with them 37,000 with large shield and spear.
Berean Standard Bible
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of Z'vulun, 50,000 men were fit for military service, experienced in war and able to use all kinds of weapons; they were brave, and none was doubleminded.
Darby Translation
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Naphtali there were 1000 officers. They had 37,000 men with them. These men carried shields and spears.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the Danites, expert in war, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.
Lexham English Bible
From Naphtali: one thousand commanders; and those with them with shield and spear: thirty-seven thousand.
Literal Translation
And of Naphtali, a thousand chiefs; and with them with shield and spear were thirty seven thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of Nephtali, a thousande captaynes, & with them soch as handled shylde and speare, seuen and thyrtie thousande.
American Standard Version
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
Bible in Basic English
And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of Nephthali a thousand captaines, and with them with shielde and speare thirtie and seuen thousand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand; and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.
King James Version (1611)
And of Naphtali a thousand captaines, and with them, with shield and speare, thirtie and seuen thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them men with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.
English Revised Version
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of Neptalym a thousynde prynces, and with hem camen seuene and thritti thousynde men, arayed with scheeld and speere;
Update Bible Version
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
New King James Version
of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear;
New Living Translation
From the tribe of Naphtali, there were 1,000 officers and 37,000 warriors armed with shields and spears.
New Revised Standard
Of Naphtali, a thousand commanders, with whom there were thirty-seven thousand armed with shield and spear.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, of Naphtali, a thousand captains, - and, with them, with shield and spear, thirty-seven thousand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of Nephtali, a thousand leaders: and with them seven and thirty thousand, furnished with shield and spear.
Revised Standard Version
Of Naph'tali a thousand commanders with whom were thirty-seven thousand men armed with shield and spear.
Young's Literal Translation
And of Naphtali, a thousand heads, and with them, with target and spear, [are] thirty and seven thousand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of Naphtali there were 1,000 captains, and with them 37,000 with shield and spear.

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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:24 - Naphtali

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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