2 Samuel 18:1
New International Version
David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

New Living Translation
David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains to lead them.

English Standard Version
Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

Berean Standard Bible
Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

King James Bible
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

New King James Version
And David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

New American Standard Bible
Then David took a count of the people who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

NASB 1995
Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

NASB 1977
Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

Amplified Bible
David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

Christian Standard Bible
David reviewed his troops and appointed commanders of thousands and of hundreds over them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David reviewed his troops and appointed commanders of hundreds and of thousands over them.

American Standard Version
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David numbered the people who were with him, and set up over them Commanders of thousands and Commanders of hundreds

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

Contemporary English Version
David divided his soldiers into groups of 100 and groups of 1,000. Then he chose officers to be in command of each group.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David having reviewed his people, appointed over them captains of thousands and of hundreds,

English Revised Version
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David called together the troops that were with him. He appointed commanders in charge of regiments and battalions.

Good News Translation
King David brought all his men together, divided them into units of a thousand and of a hundred, and placed officers in command of them.

International Standard Version
David mustered his forces and appointed officers in charge of regiments and companies.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

Literal Standard Version
And David inspects the people who [are] with him, and sets over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,

Majority Standard Bible
Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

New American Bible
After mustering the troops he had with him, David placed officers in command of units of a thousand and units of a hundred.

NET Bible
David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds.

New Revised Standard Version
Then David mustered the men who were with him, and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

New Heart English Bible
David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

World English Bible
David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

Young's Literal Translation
And David inspecteth the people who are with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Absalom Killed
1Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands. 2He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”…

Cross References
Exodus 18:25
So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Numbers 31:14
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army--the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds--who were returning from the battle.

1 Samuel 22:7
Then Saul said to his servants, "Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?


Treasury of Scripture

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

numbered

Exodus 17:9
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

Joshua 8:10
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

captains of thousands

1 Samuel 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

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2 Samuel 18
1. David viewing the armies in their march gives them charge of Absalom
6. The Israelites are sorely smitten in the wood of ephraim
9. Absalom, hanging in an oak is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit
18. Absalom's place
19. Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to David
33. David mourns for Absalom














XVIII.

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

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then David
דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

reviewed
וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (way·yip̄·qōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

his troops
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and appointed
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

over them
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

commanders
שָׂרֵ֥י (śā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of hundreds
מֵאֽוֹת׃ (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's 3967: A hundred

and of thousands.
אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's 505: A thousand


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