"And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, {were} bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty …" — 1 Chronicles 7:4

1 Chronicles 7:4 · KJV

“And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, {were} bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand {men}: for they had many wives and sons.”

— 1 Chronicles 7:4

Verse 3

And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

Verse 5

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar {were} valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

1 Chronicles 7 — Context

And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, {to wit}, of Tola: {they were} valiant men of might in their generations; whose number {was} in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, {were} bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand {men}: for they had many wives and sons.

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar {were} valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

{The sons} of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:32

And of the children of Issachar, {which were men} that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them {were} two hundred; and all their brethren {were} at their commandment.

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