Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.This is the only tribe where their numbers are not given. Instead, it says the entire tribe was with them. There's no indication of how many men that might be, though it was doubtless a large number. Maybe they were unable to come personally, due to some threat near their territory, and instead sent their captains as representatives.
However, what really got my attention here was the description of these men. It says they understood the times, and knew what should be done. That's high praise, given the strife in recent history. What I wonder about is whether their knowledge was from God giving them wisdom, or just a more human "knowing which way the wind was blowing." It's not clear from this, but the result was correct either way, at least.
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