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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 43 times in 41 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor—archers. They had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren—six hundred and ninety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their brethren, according to their generations—nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of a father’s house in their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses—one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains;[fn] he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three.[fn] He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor fit for war, seven thousand one hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout their father’s house;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - of the Danites who could keep battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 - of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand[fn] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - And Joab answered, “May the LORD make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things which King David and the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred able men, heads of fathers’ houses, whom King David made officials over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the affairs of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel: the officers of the tribes and the captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officials, the valiant men, and all the mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s work, offered willingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
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