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13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. 14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.[a] 15 They crossed the Jordan River[b] in the first month,[c] when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.[d]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 12:14 tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition ל (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 12:15 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
  3. 1 Chronicles 12:15 sn That is, March-April.
  4. 1 Chronicles 12:15 tn Heb “and they chased all the valleys to the east and to the west.”