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Grounded in History
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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 7:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 7:1–6
19th Century
Bishop
THE GREAT CLANS OF ISSACHAR, BENJAMIN, NAPHTHALI, WEST MANASSEH, EPHRAIM, AND ASHER.
(1–5) The tribe of Issachar, its clans…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 7:2
17th Century
Pastor
And the sons of Tola
The eldest son of Issachar, whose posterity are only reckoned by name:
Uzzi,…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 7:1–40
17th Century
Minister
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…