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1 Chronicles 12

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40 verses in KJV · 179 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of 1 Chronicles 12 (KJV)

12:1 Now these [are] they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

12:2 [They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

12:3 The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Ezra

Approximate study chronology: c. 1048 BC

Chronology and writer attribution are study metadata and may be disputed; they are not presented as inspired dates or universally agreed authorship claims.

Original-language word-study starting points

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