Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:9
Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler compiles the tribal registers for Benjamin, documenting family lineages and their corresponding military strength during a period of post-exilic community reorganization.
The words — The verb הִתְיַחֲשׂ (hit.yachas) denotes formal genealogical registration, while the noun phrase גִבּוֹרֵי חַיִל (gibborei chayil) literally means "men of strength."
The thread — This verse anchors the Chronicler’s pattern of linking tribal identity to organized strength, a structure that runs through the genealogical registers of 1 Chronicles 1–9 and mirrors the census frameworks of Numbers 1 and 26.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to account for how the text measures communal readiness through documented lineage rather than individual heroism.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.