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According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.[a] Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.[b]

Benjamin’s Descendants

The sons of Benjamin:[c] Bela, Beker, and Jediael—three in all.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:4 tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:5 tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:6 tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bene, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bene binyamin).