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2nd Samuel Chapter 18 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
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BBE 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
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DARBY 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David marshalled the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
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KJV 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
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WBT 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
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WEB 2ndSamuel 18:1

David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
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YLT 2ndSamuel 18:1

And David inspecteth the people who `are' with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - And David numbered. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there would be some delay; and David, like a wise general, made use of it for training the brave but undisciplined men who had joined him, chiefly from Gilead. Besides these, he had with him numerous veterans, whose skill and experience would be invaluable in such service. The result was that when the rebels came to close quarters, they had a vast body of men, but David a disciplined force, which, under skilful generalship, scattered Absalom's raw levies with ease. The arrangement into thousands and hundreds was in accordance with the civil divisions (Exodus 18:25), both being, in fact, dictated by nature as multiples of our hands.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXVIII.(1) Numbered the people.--The word means rather mustered. David was some time at Mahanaim, organising the forces which continually gathered to him there.