John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 7:40

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, etc.] Principal men in their tribe, and respective families: choice and mighty men of valour; these were some selected from others, being eminent for their courage and valour: chief of the princes; or chief princes; the Vulgate Latin version is, dukes of dukes, they were heads of their fathers’ families: [and] the number throughout the genealogy that were apt to war, and to battle, [was] twenty and six thousand [men]; that is, in the days of David, (<130704>1 Chronicles 7:4), this was the number, not of their chief men, nor of all the people in the tribe, but of their militia.

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