1 Chronicles 5:21
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
1 Chronicles 5:21 stands within the long lists of names and records that fill the first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles. Its chapter is an instance of historical record rather than expressed promise, showing that not every Bible verse is a promise. The Hebrew neh-phesh, rendered men in the verse, means persons, so the count is one hundred thousand people taken captive, along with fifty thousand camels and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep and two thousand asses.
Such detailed record passages are seldom read in private devotion or family worship, and their value is hard to see. They are not equally interesting and valuable to every person in every circumstance, and not every verse is a promise. Despite that limited devotional appeal, the verse is fully inspired.
God placed such details in the Bible for all classes of people and not for one class only. He provided deep things to attract scholars, and recorded the origin and distribution of races for those who would study peoples. He also scattered spiritual truth along that path of study, so that those seeking only human knowledge find what is divine.