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The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
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Judah's Symbolic Support
Commentator Charles Ellicott explains that the relatively small number of troops from Judah (6,800) is not a sign of weak support. Rather, since Judah had already been loyal to David for seven years, their presence was more of a symbolic act of solidarity as the rest of Israel came to crown him king.
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19th Century
Anglican
The sons of Judah. —The following list proceeds from south to north, and then passes over to the trans-Jordanic tribes.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 12:23).
Presbyterian
When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days…
