2 Samuel 18:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וַיָּ֣שֶׂם עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י מֵאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wa-yiḥqod Dawid ʾet-ha-ʿam ʾăšer ʾittô wa-yāśem over-them śāre thousands and-śāre hundreds.

Grammar Details

*wa-yiḥqod*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he mustered/numbered/reviewed
*Dawid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ha-ʿam*: definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the people
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*ʾittô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
*wa-yāśem*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he appointed/placed
*śāre*: construct noun, masculine plural - leaders/captains of
thousands: common noun, masculine plural - groups of one thousand
hundreds: common noun, masculine plural - groups of one hundred

Word Meanings

*pāqad*: to muster/number/review/appoint/visit
*ʿam*: people/troops/army
*śar*: captain/chief/leader/prince

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Referenced Verses

Exod 17:9 : 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 my hand.
Josh 8:10 : 10 And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
1 Sam 8:12 : 12 and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 13:1
84%
1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
2 Sam 18:2
83%
2And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
1 Chr 28:1
79%
1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.
1 Chr 21:2-3
2 verses
79%
2And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
3And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?
2 Sam 6:1
76%
1And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 Sam 24:1-4
4 verses
76%
1And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
3And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
4Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
1 Chr 21:5
76%
5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
1 Sam 18:13
75%
13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
1 Chr 12:23
75%
23And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
2 Sam 24:9-10
2 verses
74%
9And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
10And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
1 Chr 19:8
74%
8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
1 Chr 12:31
74%
31And of the half-tribe {H4294} of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
1 Sam 15:4
73%
4And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Num 1:3
73%
3from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
2 Chr 2:17-18
2 verses
73%
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
2 Chr 25:5
73%
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
1 Chr 19:17
72%
17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
1 Sam 8:12
72%
12and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
1 Chr 18:4
72%
4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
2 Chr 17:18
72%
18and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.
1 Chr 27:1
72%
1Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every course were twenty and four thousand.
Deut 1:15
72%
15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
Deut 20:9
72%
9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
2 Sam 18:7
72%
7And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
1 Chr 25:1
72%
1Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:
1 Sam 22:2
72%
2And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
2 Chr 17:14-15
2 verses
72%
14And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
15and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
Judg 20:2
72%
2And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
2 Sam 15:18
72%
18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
Exod 18:21
72%
21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
1 Sam 11:8
72%
8And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
1 Chr 26:32
72%
32And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half - tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
1 Kgs 20:15
71%
15Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty - two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
2 Sam 10:7
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1 Sam 29:2
71%
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1 Sam 25:13
71%
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1 Sam 28:1
71%
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71%
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1 Chr 12:38
71%
38All these being men of war, that could order the 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.
2 Sam 8:13
71%
13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
2 Sam 18:4
71%
4And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, {H3027} and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
1 Chr 27:24
71%
24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
1 Chr 21:17
71%
17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.