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1 Chronicles 12:4

1 Chronicles 12:4
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty,.... That came with him, and he had the command of; this man was of Gibeon, another city in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 12:1-22

We have here an account of those that appeared and acted as David's friends, upon the death of Saul, to bring about the revolution. All the forces he had, while he was persecuted, was but 600 men, who…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

among the thirty and over the thirty Ismaiah's name does not occur among the thirty(2Sa 23:24-39); the phrase is therefore perhaps only a kind of superlative; Ismaiah was worthy to be ranked with the…

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