1 Chronicles 5:18

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. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, ²  and Samuel. ³  They were leaders of their families. ⁴  In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: ⁶ 

Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. ⁷  He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, ⁹  and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s ¹⁰  chariot horses. ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 21:3

21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army ¹²  a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” ¹³ 

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹⁴  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹⁵  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹⁶  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Chronicles 26:30

26:30 As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord’s work and the king’s service.

1 Chronicles 26:32--27:1

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. ¹⁷  King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. ¹⁸ 

Leaders of the Army

27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. ¹⁹ 

1 Chronicles 29:7

29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ²⁰  and ten thousand darics ²¹  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

[5:18]  ¹ 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.”

[7:2]  ² tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”

[11:11]  ⁴ tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”

[18:4]  ⁴ tn Or “horsemen.”

[18:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”

[21:3]  ⁵ tn Or “people.”

[21:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.

[22:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ⁷ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[26:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”

[26:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”

[27:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”

[29:7]  ⁹ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.

[29:7]  ¹⁰ tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.