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1 Chronicles 7:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Attributes thirty-six thousand troops to many wives and sons.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 7:1–7:5
Attributes thirty-six thousand troops to many wives and sons. Read 1 Chronicles 7:4 within 7:1–7:5. The complete unit records: Tola's descendants, chiefs, many wives and sons, and large military totals are recorded.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The northern tribal lists begin by joining genealogy to Davidic-era mobilization. In this exact position, the line beginning “And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands…” attributes thirty-six thousand troops to many wives and sons.
What Remains True
Attributes thirty-six thousand troops to many wives and sons. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse attributes thirty-six thousand troops to many wives and sons, keep it inside 7:1–7:5, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 7:1–7:5 — Issachar's households are counted for warSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 7:1–7:5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 7:1–7:5
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 7:1–7:5, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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