The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:21

KJV: And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

YLT: and they have helped with David over the troop, for mighty of valour are all of them, and they are captains in the host,

Darby: And they helped David in his expeditions; for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

ASV: And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they helped  David  against the band  [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men  of valour,  and were captains  in the host. 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 12

1  The companies that came to David at Ziklag
23  The armies that came to him at Hebron

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 12:21 mean?

When he went to Ziklag those who defected were to him of Manasseh Adnah and Jozabad Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai captains of the thousands who [were] from Manasseh
בְּלֶכְתּ֣וֹ אֶל־ צִֽיקְלַ֗ג נָפְל֣וּ עָלָ֣יו ׀ מִֽמְּנַשֶּׁ֡ה עַ֠דְנַח וְיוֹזָבָ֤ד וִידִֽיעֲאֵל֙ וּמִיכָאֵ֣ל וְיוֹזָבָ֔ד וֶאֱלִיה֖וּא וְצִלְּתָ֑י רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאֲלָפִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִמְנַשֶּֽׁה

בְּלֶכְתּ֣וֹ  When  he  went 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
צִֽיקְלַ֗ג  Ziklag 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִקְלַג  
Sense: a town in the south of Judah, later allotted to Simeon; noted for its having been the city of David given to him by king Achish of Gath and his residence when he was joined by many of his mighty warriors and when he received word of the death of Saul.
נָפְל֣וּ  those  who  defected  were 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
עָלָ֣יו ׀  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מִֽמְּנַשֶּׁ֡ה  of  Manasseh 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְנַשֶּׁה  
Sense: the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh.
עַ֠דְנַח  Adnah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַדְנָה 
Sense: a Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined David at Ziklag.
וְיוֹזָבָ֤ד  and  Jozabad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄוזָבָד  
Sense: a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David.
וִידִֽיעֲאֵל֙  Jediael 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְדִיעֲאֵל  
Sense: a chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin; maybe the same as ‘Ashbel’.
וּמִיכָאֵ֣ל  and  Michael 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִיכָאֵל  
Sense: one of, the chief, or the first archangel who is described as the one who stands in time of conflict for the children of Israel.
וְיוֹזָבָ֔ד  and  Jozabad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄוזָבָד  
Sense: a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David.
וֶאֱלִיה֖וּא  and  Elihu 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיהוּ 
Sense: the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends.
וְצִלְּתָ֑י  and  Zillethai 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִלְּתַי  
Sense: a Benjamite of the sons of Shimhi.
רָאשֵׁ֥י  captains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָאֲלָפִ֖ים  of  the  thousands 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  who  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לִמְנַשֶּֽׁה  from  Manasseh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְנַשֶּׁה  
Sense: the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh.