1 Chronicles 12:31
New International Version
from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king—18,000;

New Living Translation
From the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, 18,000 men were designated by name to help David become king.

English Standard Version
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

Berean Standard Bible
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

King James Bible
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

New King James Version
of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king;

New American Standard Bible
From the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

NASB 1995
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

NASB 1977
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

Amplified Bible
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

Christian Standard Bible
From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

American Standard Version
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And from the half tribe of Menashe, eighteen thousand men, for they were called by names, and those came first to appoint David in the Kingdom

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even those who were named by name, to make David king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And of the half tribe of Manasses, eighteen thousand, every one by their names, came to make David king.

English Revised Version
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From half of the tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to make David king.

International Standard Version
The half-tribe of Manasseh supplied 18,000, who had been appointed specifically to come and establish David as king.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

Literal Standard Version
And of the half of the tribe of Manasseh [are] eighteen thousand, who have been defined by name, to come to cause David to reign.

Majority Standard Bible
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

New American Bible
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, designated by name to come and make David king.

NET Bible
From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.

New Revised Standard Version
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

New Heart English Bible
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

World English Bible
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

Young's Literal Translation
And of the half of the tribe of Manasseh are eighteen thousand, who have been defined by name, to come in to cause David to reign.

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Context
David's Army Grows at Hebron
30From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans. 31From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king. 32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:30
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.

1 Chronicles 12:32
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.


Treasury of Scripture

And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

the half tribe

Joshua 17:1-18
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan…

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(31) Which were expressed by name.--See the same phrase, 1Chronicles 16:41; Numbers 1:17. Literally it is pricked down, or entered in a list, by names. The men had been levied by the tribal chiefs, and enrolled in lists for this particular service.

Verse 31. - West Manasseh is here treated of.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From the half-tribe
וּמֵחֲצִי֙ (ū·mê·ḥă·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2677: The half, middle

of Manasseh:
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (mə·naš·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites

18,000
שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה (šə·mō·w·nāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

designated
נִקְּבוּ֙ (niq·qə·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5344: To puncture

by name
בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹת (bə·šê·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name

to come
לָב֖וֹא (lā·ḇō·w)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and make David
דָּוִֽיד׃ (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

king.
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ (lə·ham·lîḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel


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