1 Chronicles 7:9
1 Chronicles 7:9 Meaning and Explanation
“And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 7:9 Mean?
The chronicler sets down the total for Becher's line, 20,200 valiant men traced through their generations. The repeated language of valor and careful counting binds Benjamin's section together as a record of a strong and ready tribe.
Strength gathered and numbered for the people's good is strength offered in trust. These men stood as a wall around their inheritance, yet the deeper lesson endures: the security of God's people rests at last not in armies but in the Lord who is their shield and their exceeding great reward.
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What does 1 Chronicles 7:9 mean?
Becher's descendants are reckoned at 20,200 mighty men.