1 Chronicles 12:29
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
1 Chronicles 12:29 in other translations
| BSB | From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time. |
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| WEB | Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, for until then, the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house. |
| ASV | And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. |
| YLT | And of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, are three thousand, and hitherto their greater part are keeping the charge of the house of Saul. |
| DARBY | And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul. |
| BBE | And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul. |
| Webster | And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. |
What does 1 Chronicles 12:29 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:23-40
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1 Chronicles 12:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 12:29
- 2 Samuel 2:8-9
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.
- Genesis 31:23
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 12:28
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
- 1 Chronicles 12:29
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 12:30
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles 12:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De los hijos de Benjamín hermanos de Saúl, tres mil; porque aun en aquel tiempo muchos de ellos tenían la parte de la casa de Saúl. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Tsadok, jeune homme fort et vaillant; et la maison de son père, 22 chefs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und von den Kindern Benjamin, den Brüdern Sauls: 3000; aber der größte Teil von ihnen hielt bis dahin treu zum Hause Sauls. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | De filiis autem Benjamin fratribus Saul, tria millia: magna enim pars eorum adhuc sequebatur domum Saul. |