1 Chronicles 12:24
 1 Chronicles 12:24 
New International Version (©2011)
from Judah, carrying shield and spear--6,800 armed for battle;

New Living Translation (©2007)
From the tribe of Judah, there were 6,800 warriors armed with shields and spears.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The army of Judah, equipped with both shields and spears, numbered 6,800 warriors,

NET Bible (©2006)
From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
From Judah's descendants there were 6,800 men equipped for war. They carried shields and spears.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for war.

American King James Version
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

American Standard Version
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Juda bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war.

Darby Bible Translation
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.

English Revised Version
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for war.

World English Bible
The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Young's Literal Translation
The sons of Judah, bearing target and spear, are six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:23-40 When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Happy are those who wisely perceive it to be their duty and interest, to submit to the Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of David; who renounce for his sake all that is not consistent; whose earnest endeavours to do good are directed by the wisdom that God giveth, through acquaintance with his word, experience, and observation. If any man lack this wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.


Pulpit Commentary

Verses 24, 25. - David had already found friends and adherents in these two southern tribes of Judah and Simeon.


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David's Army Grows at Hebron
23And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. 24The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. …

1 Chronicles 12:23 These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said:
1 Chronicles 12:25 from Simeon, warriors ready for battle--7,100;