2 Chronicles 26:12
10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
11 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.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
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
- The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
- KJV
- The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
- WEB
- The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred.
- ASV
- The whole number of the heads of fathers` [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
- DARBY
- The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred.
- BLB
- All the number of the heads of the fathers of the mighty men of valor [was] two thousand and six hundred.
- ÅB
- To tusen og seks hundre var det fulle tall på de djerve stridsmenn som var familiehoder,
- OTB
- Det totale antallet av lederne for familiene, tapre krigere, var 2 600.
- B1930
- To tusen og seks hundre var det fulle tall på de djerve stridsmenn som var familiehoder,