1-Chronicles 27:8 - The fifth captain for this fifth

1-Chronicles - 27:8

8 The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The fifth captain for the fifth month, was Samaoth a Jezerite: and his company were four and twenty thousand.

The fifth for the fifth month was the captain Shamhuth the Jizrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

The fifth, for the fifth month, is the prince Shamhuth the Izrahite, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.

The fifth leader, for the fifth month, was Shamhuth, an Izrahite; and in his company there were twenty-four thousand.

*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Shamhuth is called in 1-Chronicles 11:27 Shammoth, and in 2-Samuel 23:25 Shamma. He was born in Harod; here he is called היּזרח the Jizrahite, = הזּרחי, 1-Chronicles 27:13, of the family of Zerah the son of Judah (1-Chronicles 2:4, 1-Chronicles 2:6).

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