1 Chronicles 12:31

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“From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.”

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BSBPD

“From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And of the half of the tribe of Manasseh <FI>are<Fi> eighteen thousand, who have been defined by name, to come in to cause David to reign.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 12:31 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  2. Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.

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