2 Chronicles 17:17
15 next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
16 and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
18 and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
19 These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
- KJV
- And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
- WEB
- From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
- ASV
- And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
- DARBY
- And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield;
- BLB
- And of Benjamin: A mighty man of valor, Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.
- ÅB
- Av Benjamin var det Eljada, en djerv stridsmann, med to hundre tusen mann som var væbnet med bue og skjold,
- OTB
- og av Benjamin: Eljada, en tapper kriger, og med ham 200 000 utstyrt med bue og skjold;
- B1930
- Av Benjamin var det Eljada, en djerv stridsmann, med to hundre tusen mann som var væbnet med bue og skjold,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 14:8
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
Read in context2 Samuel 1:21–22
O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
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