Holy Scripture
1 Chronicles 5:17
A church father on this verse
“There is abundant information in the books of Chronicles which were written to continue the books of the Kings and to preserve the memory of such important events. The first book begins with a genealogy that sets out to demonstrate how the human race came from a single man. Since it focuses only on the single kingdom…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17The enumeration of them all took place in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
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15who was the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, he was chief of the house of their families.
16They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan, and in their villages, and in all the country round about Sharon to the border.
— 1 Chronicles 5:17 —
18The sons of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, were forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.
19And they made war with the Hagrites, and Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab,