2 Chronicles 26:13
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.
12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
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.
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
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- BSB
- Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Under their hand was an army, three hundred seven thousand five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And under their hand was an army-host of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.
- BLB
- And under their hand [was] the force of the host, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred making war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.
- ÅB
- og under dem sto en krigshær på tre hundre og syv tusen og fem hundre mann, som gjorde krigstjeneste med kraft og mot og hjalp kongen mot fienden.
- OTB
- Under deres kommando var en formidabel hær på 307 500, som kunne delta i kamp med stor styrke for å hjelpe kongen mot fiender.
- B1930
- og under dem stod en krigshær på tre hundre og syv tusen og fem hundre mann, som gjorde krigstjeneste med kraft og mot og hjalp kongen mot fienden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 17:14–19
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Read in context2 Chronicles 11:1
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
Read in context2 Chronicles 13:3
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
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