1 Chronicles 7:40

of their fathers" house R.V. of the fathers" houses.

the number … to battle was R.V. the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was, etc.

twenty and six thousand In 1 Chronicles 12:36 the men of war of Asher are reckoned at forty thousand (cp. Numbers 1:41; Numbers 26:47, where still higher reckonings are given). The numbers here and in 1Ch 7:5; 1 Chronicles 7:7; 1Ch 7:9; 1 Chronicles 7:11 (as well as in 1 Chronicles 7:2, which see) seem to refer to the time of David. The numbers may be based on family traditions, but it would be unsafe to draw any important conclusions from them.