1 Chronicles 12:26

Study note

Setting — The text catalogs tribal contingents assembling to join David, placing Levi immediately after Simeon and before the house of Aaron in a military muster.

The words — The Hebrew בְּנֵי־לֵוִי (benei Levi) means "sons of Levi," followed by the precise count four thousand six hundred (אַרְבַּע אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת).

The thread — This enumeration continues in 1 Chronicles 12:25 and 1 Chronicles 12:27, which list the Simeonite and Aaronite forces respectively.

Why it lands — The text records a specific headcount of Levitical warriors joining David, requiring the reader to track the organized tribal support without adding interpretive weight beyond the stated numbers.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.