2 Chronicles 26:11
9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
10 Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
12 The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
13 Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
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- BSB
- Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
- KJV
- Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
- WEB
- Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
- ASV
- Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king`s captains.
- DARBY
- And Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
- BLB
- And unto Uzziah was an army making war, going forth to the host by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah of the captains of the king.
- ÅB
- Ussia hadde en krigsdyktig hær, som dro ut i strid i flokker, mønstret og tellet av statsskriveren Je'uel og tilsynsmannen Ma'aseja, under ledelse av Hananja, en av kongens høvdinger.
- OTB
- Dessuten hadde Ussia en hær klar til kamp, som gikk i strid etter divisjoner i henhold til antallet av deres oppstilling, som ble registrert av skriveren Je’iel og tjenestemannen Ma’aseja, under ledelse av Hananja, en av kongens offiserer.
- B1930
- Ussias hadde en krigsdyktig hær, som drog ut i strid i flokker, mønstret og tellet av statsskriveren Je'uel og tilsynsmannen Ma'aseja, under ledelse av Hananja, en av kongens høvdinger.
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Cross references
2 Kings 5:2
At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
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