1 Chronicles 5:21
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| Overview - 1 Chronicles 5 | |
| 1 | Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright. |
| 3 | Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites. |
| 11 | The chief men of Gad, and their habitations. |
| 18 | Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites. |
| 23 | The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh. |
| 25 | The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins. |
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1 Chronicles 5:21 (King James Version)
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
- took away
- Hebrew led captive. camels.
- The camel, in Hebrew {gamal,} retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnan system, a genus of quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel, properly so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single one; the lama, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast gibbose, and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The camel, properly so called, is about 6 feet in height: its head is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long and slender, having four callosities on the fore legs and two on the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail about two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft, of considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of water till wanted.
- men
- Hebrew souls of men.
- Numbers 31:35 ; Revelation 18:13