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2 Chronicles 12

2 Chron. 12:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With twelve hundred
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
chariots
rekeb (Hebrew #7393)
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
KJV usage: chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
Pronounce: reh'-keb
Origin: from 7392
, and threescore
shishshiym (Hebrew #8346)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty, three score.
Pronounce: shish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 8337
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
horsemen
parash (Hebrew #6571)
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting (compare 5483)); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
KJV usage: horseman.
Pronounce: paw-rawsh'
Origin: from 6567
: and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
were without number
micpar (Hebrew #4557)
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
KJV usage: + abundance, account, X all, X few, (in-)finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, + time.
Pronounce: mis-pawr'
Origin: from 5608
that 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 him out of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
; the Lubims
Luwbiy (Hebrew #3864)
partrial from a name probably derived from an unused root meaning to thirst, i.e. a dry region; apparently a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural)
KJV usage: Lubim(-s), Libyans.
Pronounce: loo-bee'
Origin: or Lubbiy (Dan. 11:43) {loob-bee'}
b, the Sukkiims
Cukkiy (Hebrew #5525)
a Sukkite, or inhabitant of some place near Egypt (i.e. hut-dwellers)
KJV usage: Sukkiims.
Pronounce: sook-kee'
Origin: patrial from an unknown name (perhaps 5520)
, and the Ethiopians
Kuwshiy (Hebrew #3569)
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
KJV usage: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Pronounce: koo-shee'
Origin: patronymically from 3568
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2 Chron. 16:8• 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. (2 Chron. 16:8)

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Cross References

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twelve hundred.
Judg. 4:13• 13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. (Judg. 4:13)
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1 Sam. 13:5• 5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. (1 Sam. 13:5)
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2 Sam. 10:18• 18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. (2 Sam. 10:18)
without number.
2 Chron. 14:9• 9And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. (2 Chron. 14:9)
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Judg. 6:5• 5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. (Judg. 6:5)
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Rev. 9:16• 16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. (Rev. 9:16)
Lubims.Lubim, apparently the same with Lehabim (Ge 10:13,) were probably the ancient inhabitants of Lybia, (called Lubi in the Syriac version, Ac 2:10,) a district of Africa, adjoining to Egypt, and extending along the shore of the Mediterranean as far as the city of Cyrene.
2 Chron. 16:8• 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. (2 Chron. 16:8)
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Ezek. 30:5• 5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezek. 30:5)
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Nah. 3:9• 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Nah. 3:9)
the Sukkiims.The Sukkiim, (from {sachach,} "to cover,") are supposed to have been the Troglodites, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, a people of Egypt, on the west of the Red Sea, so called because they dwelt [en troglais,] in caves.Ethiopians.These Cushim were probably the inhabitants of Ethiopia, south of Egypt.
2 Chron. 14:12• 12So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. (2 Chron. 14:12)
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2 Chron. 16:8• 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. (2 Chron. 16:8)
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Isa. 43:3• 3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. (Isa. 43:3)
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Dan. 11:43• 43But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. (Dan. 11:43)
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Nah. 3:9• 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Nah. 3:9)
Cushim.
Heb.
Gen. 10:6‑8• 6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
 7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
 8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (Gen. 10:6‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.