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1 Chronicles 19:7

King James Version (KJV)

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So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

1 Chronicles 19:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 19:7

Theological / Devotional

Thirty and two thousand chariots. The numbers here given are in agreement with those of Samuel, which lists 20,000 Syrian footmen and 12,000 men of Tob, a total of 32,000, together with 1,000 men of Maacah (see on 2 Samuel 10:6).

Medeba. A city about 6 miles south of Heshbon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea.

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