1 Chronicles 12:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

And on the other side of Jordan ... an hundred and twenty thousand. From a comparison of the whole list, it appears that the tribes beyond Jordan, over whom Ishbosheth reigned, sent the largest numbers of deputies. The relative numbers stand thus: -

1 Chronicles 12:37

37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.