1 Chronicles 12:29

1 Chronicles 12:29

27 Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;

28 ^aZadok, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from his father’s house twenty-two captains;

29 of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand (until then ^athe greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul);

30 of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor,¹ famous men throughout their father’s house;

31 of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Benjamin . . . three thousand—This small number shows the unpopularity of the movement in this tribe; and, indeed, it is expressly stated that the mass of the population had, even after Ish-bosheth's death, anxiously endeavored to secure the crown in the family of Saul.

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