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1 Chron 21:5

From: RHutchin AT aol.com
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: 1 Chron 21:5
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:04:02 EST

A question on the following--
1 Chronicles 21
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all
they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew
sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew
sword.

Does the Hebrew text indicate that we should understand this as--

1. All they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men
OF WHICH four hundred threescore and ten thousand men were from Judah.

or

2. All they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men;
IN ADDITION, there were four hundred threescore and ten thousand men in Judah
(making the total one million five hundred threescore and ten thousand).

Roger Hutchinson
RHutchin AT AOL.com

1 Chron 21:5, RHutchin, 12/15/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: 1 Chron 21:5, Ben Crick, 12/15/1999