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1 Chronicles 12

1 Chron. 12:38 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All these men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, that could keep
`adar (Hebrew #5737)
to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
KJV usage: dig, fail, keep (rank), lack.
Pronounce: aw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
rank
ma`arakah (Hebrew #4634)
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
KJV usage: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
Pronounce: mah-ar-aw-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 4633
, came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
with a perfect
shalem (Hebrew #8003)
complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly
KJV usage: full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.
Pronounce: shaw-lame'
Origin: from 7999
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
to Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
, to make David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
king
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
over all Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: and all the rest
sh'eriyth (Hebrew #7611)
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
KJV usage: that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
Pronounce: sheh-ay-reeth'
Origin: from 7604
also of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
were of one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
to make David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
king
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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with a perfect heart.The meaning of this expression may be inferred from that of a double heart in ver. 33.
If a double heart be expressive of insincerity or duplicity, a perfect heart, which seems to be put in opposition to it, must signify a sincere, faithful, and entire attachment.
1 Kings 8:61• 61and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day. (1 Kings 8:61)
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1 Kings 11:4• 4And it came to pass when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father. (1 Kings 11:4)
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2 Kings 20:3• 3Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much. (2 Kings 20:3)
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Psa. 101:2• 2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. (Psa. 101:2)
all the rest.
1 Chron. 12:17‑18• 17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers see it and rebuke it.
 18And the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, And with thee, thou son of Jesse: Peace, peace be to thee! And peace be to thy helpers! For thy God helps thee. And David received them, and made them chiefs of bands. (1 Chron. 12:17‑18)
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Gen. 49:8‑10• 8Judah--as to thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
 9Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up?
 10The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples. (Gen. 49:8‑10)
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2 Chron. 30:12• 12The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 30:12)
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Psa. 110:3• 3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth. (Psa. 110:3)
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Ezek. 11:19• 19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; (Ezek. 11:19)
• That which characterized the tribes at this blessed period of their history is that all (1 Chron. 12:38) came to Hebron "with a perfect heart," without guile, with a single purpose. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)
• The sovereign safeguard against division is to have Christ before the eyes of faith. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.