2 Chronicles 25:5 BSB

2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

KJV

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.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Three hundred thousand - Asa’s army had been nearly twice as numerous, amounting to 580, 000 2Ch 14:8. The diminution was due, in part, to wars 2Ch 21:8, 2Ch 21:16; 2Ch 24:23-24; in part, to the general decadence of the kingdom.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ	vai.yik.Botz	and he assembled	H6908 →
אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙	'a.matz.Ya.hu	Amaziah	H558 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣ם	vai.ya.'a.mi.Dem	and he appointed them	H5975 →
לְבֵית־	le.veit-	to [the] house of	H1004 →
אָב֗וֹת	'a.Vot	ancestors	H1 →
לְשָׂרֵ֤י	le.sa.Rei	to [the] commanders of	H8269 →
הָאֲלָפִים֙	ha.'a.la.Fim	the thousands	H505 →
וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י	u.le.sa.Rei	and to [the] commanders of	H8269 →
הַמֵּא֔וֹת	ha.me.'ot	the hundreds	H3967 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	for all	H3605 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן	u.vin.ya.Min	and Benjamin	H1144 →
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם	vai.yif.ke.Dem	and he enrolled them	H6485 →
לְמִבֶּ֨ן	le.mi.Ben	<to> from a son of	H1121 →
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
שָׁנָה֙	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וָמַ֔עְלָה	va.Ma'.lah	and up -wards	H4605 →
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם	vai.yim.tza.'Em	and he found them	H4672 →
שְׁלֹשׁ־	she.losh-	three	H7969 →
מֵא֨וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אֶ֤לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
בָּחוּר֙	ba.Chur	chosen [man]	H977 →
יוֹצֵ֣א	yo.Tze'	[one who] goes forth	H3318 →
צָבָ֔א	tza.Va'	warfare	H6635 →
אֹחֵ֖ז	'o.Chez	[one who] holds	H270 →
רֹ֥מַח	Ro.mach	spear	H7420 →
וְצִנָּֽה׃	ve.tzi.Nah	and body shield	H6793 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 1:3
You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
leads to
- Exodus 30:14
  Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 14:29
  Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
Through
1 Chronicles 27:1
This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 26:11–13
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12–19
  Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
- Exodus 18:25
  So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1
  Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:3
  Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
Through
2 Chronicles 11:1
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
leads to
- 1 Kings 12:21–24
  And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of…