1 Chronicles 12:29 — Compare Translations

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And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English Amplified

Of the Benjamites, the kindred of [King] Saul, 3,000--hitherto the majority of them had kept their allegiance [to Saul] and the charge of the house of Saul;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Of the Benjamites, the kindred of [King] Saul, 3,000–hitherto the majority of them had kept their allegiance [to Saul] and the charge of the house of Saul;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.

English EASY 2024

From Benjamin's tribe that Saul belonged to, there were 3,000 men. Most of those men had served Saul faithfully until that time.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

From the tribe of Benjamin there were 3000 men. They were Saul's relatives. Most of them stayed faithful to Saul's family until that time.

Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English God's Word - GW 1995

From Benjamin's descendants, Saul's relatives, there were 3,000 men, though most of them remained loyal to Saul's family.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).

English KJV 1611

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

English LSB

Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

From the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul: three thousand (up to that time the greater number of them were keeping their loyalty with the house of Saul).

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and Zadok, a young warrior, with twenty-two princes of his father's house.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The men from Benjamin were Saul's relatives. Most of them had remained faithful to Saul's family until that time. The total number of them was 3,000.

English NIV

men of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen-3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then;

English NKJ 1982

of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand (until then the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul);

English NLT

From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul's relatives, there were 3,000 warriors. Most of the men from Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul until this time.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

From the tribe of Benjamin, the same tribe Saul was from, there were 3,000. (Most of that tribe retained its allegiance to Saul.)

English Tyndale 1537

And of the children of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, were three thousand. And a great part of them did yet follow the house of Saul.