John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 7:4

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, etc.] Companies of men of military courage and skill, who could and did go out to war upon occasion: six and thirty thousand [men]; besides the 22,600 Tolaites, (<130702>1 Chronicles 7:2), for they had many wives and sons; having many wives, they had many sons; polygamy was the cause of their large numbers; and that they gave into for the sake of the multiplication of Abraham’s seed, according to the divine promise.

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