1 Chronicles 12 · Verse 36

1 Chronicles 12:36

And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:36, King James Version

1 Chronicles 12:36 in other translations

BSBFrom Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
WEBOf Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array: forty thousand.
ASVAnd of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
YLTAnd of Asher, going forth to the host, to arrange battle, are forty thousand.
DARBYAnd of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
BBEAnd of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.
WebsterAnd of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

What does 1 Chronicles 12:36 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:23-40

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1 Chronicles 12:36 in the original Hebrew

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וּמֵאָשֵׁ֗רu.me.'a.Sherand of AsherH836
יוֹצְאֵ֥יyotz.'Ei[those who] go forth ofH3318
צָבָ֛אtza.Va'warH6635
לַעֲרֹ֥ךְla.'a.Rokhto deployH6186
מִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
אָֽלֶף\׃\ \ס'A.lefthousandH505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 12:36

  • 1 Chronicles 12:33

    Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

  • Joel 2:7

    They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

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expert in war. or, keeping their rank.
33; Joe 2:7

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 12:35

    And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:36

    And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:37

    And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

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1 Chronicles 12:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y de Aser, á punto de guerra y aparejados á pelear, cuarenta mil.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et, des Danites, préparés pour la guerre, 28 600.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und von Aser: die zum Heere auszogen, zum Kampfe bereit, 40000.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et de Aser egredientes ad pugnam, et in acie provocantes, quadraginta millia.