1 Chronicles 12:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.”

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BSBPD

“These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“These <FI>are<Fi> of the sons of Gad, heads of the host, one of a hundred <FI>is<Fi> the least, and the greatest, of a thousand;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 12:14 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

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