Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:4
In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage appears within a tribal genealogy, recording the descendants of Izrahiah and their family size alongside other Issachar listings.
The words — The text highlights גְּדוּדֵי (ge.du.Dei), meaning "troops of," and מִלְחָמָ֔ה (mil.cha.Mah), meaning "warfare," to describe the armed force drawn from the family line.
The thread — Similar demographic and military tallies appear in 1 Chronicles 7:5 with the kinsmen of Issachar and in 1 Chronicles 12:32 regarding Issachar's leaders who understood the times.
Why it lands — The record quantifies the family's growth through wives and children as the direct basis for its combat strength, requiring readers to acknowledge how lineage and population directly sustained Israel's military structure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.