Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thousands"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Thousands
(Micah 5:2), another name for "families" or "clans" (see Num.
1:16; 10:4; Josh. 22:14, 21). Several "thousands" or "families"
made up a "tribe."
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