1st Chronicles Chapter 12 verse 14 Holy Bible
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.
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These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
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These `are' of the sons of Gad, heads of the host, one of a hundred `is' the least, and the greatest, of a thousand;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - One of the least was over an hundred. This, evidently an incorrect translation, is easily superseded by the correct literal version, One to a hundred the little one, and the great one one to a thousand. The preposition lamed prefixed to the two numerals," hundred" and" thousand," will signify either that the "little one was as good as a hundred, and the great one as good as a thousand;" or that the "little one was rare as one of a hundred, and the great one rare as one of a thousand."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) These were.--Subscription.Captains of the host.--Literally, heads of the host, i.e., chief warriors.One of the least was over an hundred.--The margin is correct. David's band at this time was about 600 strong. The rendering of the text is that of the Syr. and Vulg. The LXX. closely intimates the Heb. ??? ???? ?????? ?????? ???. For the true meaning, comp. Deuteronomy 32:30; and Leviticus 26:8. The Heb. says: "One to a hundred, the little one; and the great one to a thousand." This. too, is poetic, or, at least, rhetorical in character, and quite unlike the chronicler's usual style.
