4 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.
4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
4 And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.
4 They counted 36,000 warriors in their lineage because they had more wives and sons than their brothers.
4 And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
4 All of them had many wives and many sons, so the total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:4
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Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Revelation 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the true God, for any creature object.