And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:34 is part of the parallel account in 1 Chronicles 11, 12, and 14 of the events surrounding David's rise to the throne. Within that account it belongs to the description of the tribal forces coming to David at Hebron to recognize and acknowledge him as king. Naphtali contributed one thousand captains and thirty-seven thousand men equipped with shield and spear to the contingents gathered to David. Those men were part of an army described as mighty, skilled, and loyal to David. The assembled fighting men from the tribes numbered about 350,000, and their gathering became a three-day festival.
1 Chronicles 12:34 is part of the parallel account in 1 Chronicles 11, 12, and 14 of the events surrounding David's rise to the throne. Within that account it belongs to the description of the tribal forces coming to David at Hebron to recognize and acknowledge him as king. Naphtali contributed one thousand captains and thirty-seven thousand men equipped with shield and spear to the contingents gathered to David. Those men were part of an army described as mighty, skilled, and loyal to David. The assembled fighting men from the tribes numbered about 350,000, and their gathering became a three-day festival.