1st Chronicles Chapter 8 verse 40 Holy Bible

ASV 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
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BBE 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were men of war, bowmen, and had a great number of sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.
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DARBY 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
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KJV 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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WBT 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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WEB 1stChronicles 8:40

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
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YLT 1stChronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son's sons, a hundred and fifty. All these `are' of the sons of Benjamin.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers.--The ancient prowess of the Benjamites is recorded in Judges 20. Their left-handed slingers were famous. (See also Judges 3:15 seq.)Archers.--Literally, treaders of the bow (1Chronicles 5:18). The meaning is that they drew their bows by resting the foot against them, the bows being large.Had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty.--What was their date? If we may assume that no names have been omitted, we are concerned with the fourteenth generation from Jonathan, the friend of David. The era of David has been fixed at about 1055-1045 B.C. ; so that the great-grandsons of Ulam may have flourished about 635-625 B.C. (1055 minus 420), in the reign of Josiah. The omission of names, however, is as possible and as likely in the present series as elsewhere; and it is obvious that one or two additional members would carry the list past the exile (B.C. 588). There are reasons for believing that the posterity of Ulam really represent a family of the period of the Return. Their number is favourable to the supposition. Comp. Ezra 2:18; Ezra 2:21; Ezra 2:23; Ezra 2:27; Ezra 2:30 for families of about the same dimensions, which returned with Zerubbabel. Further, the reference in 1Chronicles 8:8-10 to a sojourn of certain Benjamite houses in Moab may be connected with the mention in Ezra 2:6; Ezra 8:4; Nehemiah 3:11, and elsewhere, of the "sons of the Pasha of Moab" (Pahath Mo'ab. This word pahath used to be reckoned among the indications of the late origin of the Chronicle. Now, however, it is known to be an ancient Semitic term. Comp. the Assyrian pihatu). Ono and Lod (1Chronicles 8:12) may be compared with Ezra 2:33, and the singular names Elam (1Chronicles 8:24) and Azmaveth (1Chronicles 8:36), with the "sons of Elam" (Ezra 2:7), and "the sons of Azmaveth," or "Beth-azmaveth" (Ezra 2:24; Nehemiah 7:28). The name Bocheru (in 1Chronicles 8:38) has been classed with Gashmu (Nehemiah 6:6), but the latter is an Arab, and there is seemingly no MS. authority for Bocheru. Ishmael (1Chronicles 8:38) reminds us of "Ishmael son of Nethaniah, of the seed royal" (2Kings 25:25), who survived the fall of Jerusalem. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe sonsבְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonof Ulamא֠וּלָם (’ū·lām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 198: Ulam -- two Israeliteswereוַֽיִּהְי֣וּ (way·yih·yū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bemighty warriors,גִּבֹּרֵי־ (gib·bō·rê-)Adjective - masculine plural constructStrong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrantarchers,דֹּ֣רְכֵי (dō·rə·ḵê)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bowand they had manyוּמַרְבִּ֤ים (ū·mar·bîm)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 7235: To be or become much, many or greatsonsבָּנִים֙ (bā·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonand grandsons—וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A son150 [in all].מֵאָ֖ה (mê·’āh)Number - feminine singularStrong's 3967: A hundredAllכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everytheseאֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, those[were] the descendantsמִבְּנֵ֥י (mib·bə·nê)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonof Benjamin.בִנְיָמִֽן׃ (ḇin·yā·min)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other IsraelitesJump to PreviousArchers Benjamin Benjaminites Bow Bowmen Brave Descendants Fifty Grandsons Great Handle Hundred Mighty Multiplying Son's Treading Ulam Valor Valour War Warriors