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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 12:14

All these men were army officers; some were high-ranking officers over a thousand troops, and others were officers over a hundred troops.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ziklag;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gad;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ziklag ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Ziklag;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliab;   Gad (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.
Hebrew Names Version
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
King James Version
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
English Standard Version
These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.
New Century Version
They were the commanders of the army from Gad. The least of these leaders was in charge of a hundred soldiers, and the greatest was in charge of a thousand.
New English Translation
These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.
Amplified Bible
These from the sons (descendants) of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest was equal to a thousand.
New American Standard Bible
These men from the sons of Gad were captains of the army; the one who was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest, to a thousand.
World English Bible
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These were the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least could resist an hundreth, and the greatest a thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
These of the sons of Gad were chiefs of the army; he who was least was equal to one hundred and the greatest to one thousand.
Berean Standard Bible
These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yirmeyah tenth, and Makhbanai eleventh.
Darby Translation
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
Easy-to-Read Version
These men were leaders of the Gadite army. The weakest from that group was worth 100 men, and the strongest was worth 1000 men.
George Lamsa Translation
These were of the descendants of Gad, commanders of the army; one of them was captain over a hundred, and the others were over a thousand.
Good News Translation
Some of these men from the tribe of Gad were senior officers in command of a thousand men, and others were junior officers in command of a hundred.
Lexham English Bible
These were the sons of Gad, leaders of the army. The smallest one was as a hundred, and the greatest as a thousand.
Literal Translation
These were of the sons of Gad, heads of the army. The least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest as a thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These were of the children of Gad, heades in the hoost, the leest ouer an hundreth, and ye greatest ouer a thousande
American Standard Version
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.
Bible in Basic English
These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These were of the sonnes of Gad, and were captaines ouer the men of warre: one of the least coulde resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
King James Version (1611)
These were of the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least was ouer an hundred, and the greatest, ouer a thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These were chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.
English Revised Version
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to an hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
these of the sones of Gad weren princes of the oost; the laste was souereyn ouer an hundrid knyytis, and the moost was souereyn ouer a thousynde.
Update Bible Version
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.
Webster's Bible Translation
These [were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least [was] over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
New King James Version
These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.
New Living Translation
These warriors from Gad were army commanders. The weakest among them could take on a hundred regular troops, and the strongest could take on a thousand!
New Life Bible
These Gadites were captains of the army. He who was least led 100. And he who was greatest led 1,000.
New Revised Standard
These Gadites were officers of the army, the least equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, were of the sons of Gad, chiefs of the host, - one to a hundred, the least, and, the greatest, to a thousand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the army: the least of them was captain over a hundred soldiers, and the greatest over a thousand.
Revised Standard Version
These Gadites were officers of the army, the lesser over a hundred and the greater over a thousand.
Young's Literal Translation
These [are] of the sons of Gad, heads of the host, one of a hundred [is] the least, and the greatest, of a thousand;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.

Contextual Overview

1 Some time earlier, David had gone to live in the town of Ziklag to escape from King Saul. While David was there, several brave warriors joined him to help fight his battles. 2

Warriors from the Benjamin tribe

Several of these warriors were from King Saul's own tribe of Benjamin. They were experts at using a bow and arrows, and they could shoot an arrow or sling a stone with either hand. 3Their leaders were Ahiezer and Joash, the sons of Shemaah from Gibeah. Here is a list of those men from Benjamin: Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth; Ishmaiah from Gibeon, who was the leader of the Thirty Warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah; Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph; Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam from the Korah clan; Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor. 8

Warriors from the Gad tribe

Men from the tribe of Gad also joined David at his fortress in the desert and served as his warriors. They were also brave soldiers—fierce as lions and quick as gazelles. They were always prepared to fight with shields and spears. 9There were eleven of them, ranked in the following order: Ezer the leader, then Obadiah, Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Johanan, Elzabad, Jeremiah, and Machbannai. 14 All these men were army officers; some were high-ranking officers over a thousand troops, and others were officers over a hundred troops. 15 Earlier, they had crossed the Jordan River when it flooded, and they chased out the people who lived in the valleys on each side of the river. 16

Warriors from the Benjamin and Judah tribes

One time a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went to the fortress where David was staying. 17 David met them outside and said, "If you are coming as friends to fight on my side, then stay and join us. But if you try to turn me over to my enemies, the God our ancestors worshiped will punish you, because I have done nothing wrong." 18 Amasai, who later became the leader of the Thirty Warriors, was one of these men who went to David. God's Spirit took control of him, and he said, "We will join you, David son of Jesse! You and your followers will always be successful, because God fights on your side." So David agreed to let them stay, and he even put them in charge of his soldiers who raided enemy villages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, the greatest a thousand. Leviticus 26:8, Deuteronomy 32:30

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 13:1 - consulted

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.
Genesis 39:7
and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that if you look at another woman and want her, you are already unfaithful in your thoughts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host,.... Of the militia in their own country, and of the men they brought with them; or they were such afterwards in David's army:

one of the least was over one hundred, and the greatest over thousand; not that they were so when they came, or brought over such a number of men with them under their command; but they were promoted by David, when he came to the throne, to be centurions and chiliarchs; according to Jarchi, the sense is, that the least of them would put to flight and pursue one hundred, and the greatest of them 1000, and so fulfilled the passage in Leviticus 26:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The marginal rendering is preferable. (Compare Leviticus 26:8).


 
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