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2 Chronicles 26:13

in 2 Chronicles 26

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 26

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Uzziah had an army ready for battle

on 2 Chronicles 26:11-15

Chronicles alone gives the army's order: Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer keep the muster under Hananiah, 2,600 family leaders over 307,500 men. Uzziah arms them and sets devices on the towers “to shoot arrows and catapult large stones”, which commentators compare to the Roman ballista and catapult.

This site's exposition

an army of 307,500 trained for war

Barnes sets the army of Amaziah beside the 580,000 of Asa at 14:8. Uzziah's force stands near his father's number and far below Asa's. The strength named here lies in training and arms, which the next two verses describe.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred,.... Which was larger than that in his father's time by 7500, 2Ch 25:5 besides officers: that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy; they were ready to fight, and fight valiantly, whenever the king had any occasion for them, or the land was invaded.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands--He raised a strong body of militia, divided into companies or regiments of uniform size, which served in rotation. The enumeration was performed by two functionaries expert in the drawing up of military muster-rolls, under the superintendence of Hananiah, one of the high officers of the crown.

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Compare 2Ch 25:5. It will be seen that Uzziah had not added much to the military strength of the nation by his conquests. His army exceeds that of his father Amaziah by 7,500 men only.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַל־and [was] on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדָם֩hand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • חֵ֨ילan army of

    cheilH2428 →246 times

  • צָבָ֜אwar

    tzava'H6635 →485 times

  • שְׁלֹ֧שׁthree

    sheloshH7969 →432 times

  • מֵא֣וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • אֶ֗לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וְשִׁבְעַ֤תand seven

    veshivatH7651 →394 times

  • אֲלָפִים֙thousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וַחֲמֵ֣שׁand five

    vachameshH2568 →343 times

  • מֵא֔וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • עוֹשֵׂ֥יdoers of

    oseiH6213 →2628 times

  • מִלְחָמָ֖הbattle

    milchamahH4421 →320 times

  • בְּכֹ֣חַwith power of

    bekhoachH3581 →126 times

  • חָ֑יִלstrength

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • לַעְזֹ֥רto help

    la'zorH5826 →81 times

  • לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ<to> the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָאוֹיֵֽב׃the enemy

    haoyevH341 →282 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 17:14–18

      These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

  • 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.

    it 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.

    it 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…

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:1–3

      Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

    • 2 Chronicles 26:12–13

      The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.

    • 2 Chronicles 14:8–9

      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.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).