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1 Chronicles 12:14

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12:14These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.6

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  1. 6 Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.

NLTNew Living Translation

These warriors from Gad were army commanders. The weakest among them could take on a hundred regular troops, and the strongest could take on a thousand!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

These were the sons of Gad, leaders of the army. The smallest one was as a hundred, and the greatest as a thousand.

KJV 1900King James Version

These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.