1 Chronicles 12:14
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.
1 Chronicles 12:14 in other translations
| BSB | These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. |
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| WEB | These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army. He who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | These are of the sons of Gad, heads of the host, one of a hundred is the least, and the greatest, of a thousand; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 1 Chronicles 12:14 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:1-22
Here is an account of those who appeared and acted as David's friends, while he was persecuted. No difficulties or dangers should keep the sinner from coming to the Savior, nor drive the believer from the path of duty. Those who break through, and overcome in these attempts, will find abundant recompence. From the words of Amasai we may learn how to testify our affection and allegiance to the Lord Jesus; his we must…
1 Chronicles 12:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 12:14
- Leviticus 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 12:13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
- 1 Chronicles 12:14
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.
- 1 Chronicles 12:15
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
1 Chronicles 12:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos fueron capitanes del ejército de los hijos de Gad. El menor tenía cargo de cien hombres, y el mayor de mil. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jérémie, le dixième; Macbannaï, le onzième. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Diese, von den Söhnen Gads, waren Häupter des Heeres; der Kleinste konnte es mit hundert, und der Größte mit tausend aufnehmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hi de filiis Gad principes exercitus: novissimus centum militibus præerat, et maximus mille. |