12:36 From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.
5:18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. 4
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”
3 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”
3 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treading a bow and trained for war, 44,760 going out for warfare.”
4 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
5 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
6 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”