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1 Chronicles 7:5
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler concludes the genealogical record for Issachar’s families within a broader tribal census, positioned between the military roster of a preceding lineage and the opening of Benjamin’s descendants.
The words — גִּבּוֹרֵי חֵיל (gi.bo.Rei cha.ya.Lim) = mighty men of strength; שְׁמוֹנִים וְשֶׁבַע (she.mo.Nim ve.shiv.'Ah) = eighty and seven, forming the precise count of eight thousand seven hundred.
The thread — The verse ties into the chronicler’s systematic tally of tribal manpower, echoing the battle-ready counts in 1 Chronicles 7:4 and continuing the lineage enumeration that 1 Chronicles 7:6 resumes with Benjamin’s sons.
Why it lands — It demands a reader to recognize the text’s method of preserving tribal identity through exact numbers and to note how genealogical records function as institutional memory rather than mere lists.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.