📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 12:35
What does 1 Chronicles 12:35 mean?
"Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred."
— 1 Chronicles 12:35 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could command and were not of double heart.
Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
All these were men of war, who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
Explanation
This verse comes from a lengthy roll call in 1 Chronicles 12, where the Chronicler lists the various groups of warriors who rallied to David's
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