Holy Scripture

1 Chronicles 7:10

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…”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — QUESTIONS ON 1 CHRONICLES, PROLOGUE

Source: Septuagint

Original

10And the sons of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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8And the sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth: all these were the sons of Becher.

9And their number according to their generations ( they were chiefs of their fathers’ houses, men of might), was twenty thousand and two hundred.

— 1 Chronicles 7:10 —

11All these were the sons of Jediael, chiefs of their families, men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to war with might.

12And Shuppim, and Huppim, and the sons of Ir, Hushim, whose son was Aher.

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