1 Chronicles 12:20

“As he went to Ziklag, there went over to him from Manasseh: Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, heads of the thousands that belonged to Manasseh.”

1 Chronicles 12:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 12:20, word by word

As he wentלֶכְתּlecht

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lecht” appears
Ziklagצִיקְלַגtsiklag

Ziklag

Ziklag: a town of the Negev; later it belonged to David (1 Samuel 27:6).

Where else “tsiklag” appears
there went overנָפְלוּnaflu

desert

To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.

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from Manassehמְּנַשֶּׁהmenashe

Manasseh

Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".

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Adnahעַדְנַחadnach

Adnah

Adnah: name of two men: a commander of a thousand of Manasseh who went over to David, and a commander of Jehoshaphat's army.

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and Jozabadיוֹזָבָדyozavad

Jozabad

Jozabad: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has given."

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and Jediaelידִיעֲאֵלydiael

Jediael

Jediael: the name of three Israelites: a son of Benjamin, one of David's mighty men, and a Levite gatekeeper. The name means "known by God."

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and Michaelמִיכָאֵלmichael

Michael

Michael, father of Sethur, of the tribe of Asher; others bear the same name, among them the angel Michael (Daniel 10:13). It means "who is like God?"

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and Elihuאֱלִיהוּאelihu

Elihu

Elihu: the name of several men; among them an ancestor of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1) and the young man who speaks in the book of Job (Job 32:2). It means "he is my God."

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and Zillethaiצִלְּתָיtsiltay

Zillethai

Zillethai: the name of two Israelites: one of Benjamin and a chief of Manasseh who joined David.

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headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of the thousandsאֲלָפִיםalafim

division

A large unit of the army or a tribe, led by a chief.

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The context

19And from Manasseh some went over to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul for war; but they did not help them, for after taking counsel the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying, “With our heads he will go over to his lord Saul.”

20 · This verse (above)

21They helped David against the band, for they were all mighty warriors, and they became commanders in the army.

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