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The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers` houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
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Commentators agree that the number of 22,600 warriors mentioned here is derived from the official census King David conducted. This detail shows that the Chronicler was using historical state documents, grounding these extensive genealogies in verifiable records from Israel's past.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whose number was in the days of David... This passage seems to indicate that the writer had access to the statistics of the tribes collected…
19th Century
Anglican
THE GREAT CLANS OF ISSACHAR, BENJAMIN, NAPHTHALI, WEST MANASSEH, EPHRAIM, AND ASHER.
(1–5) The tribe of Issachar, its clans…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the sons of Tola The eldest son of Issachar, whose posterity are only reckoned by name:
Uzzi,…
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No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…