2 Chronicles 26:14 BSB

2 Chronicles 26:14

Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

KJV

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,.... For every soldier in the army: shields and spears; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies: and helmets, and habergeons; the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body: and bows; to shoot arrows out of: and slings to cast stones; at which the Benjaminites formerly were very expert.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּכֶן֩	vai.ya.Khen	and he prepared	H3559 →
לָהֶ֨ם	la.Hem	for them
עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ	'u.zi.Ya.hu	Uzziah	H5818 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	for all	H3605 →
הַצָּבָ֗א	ha.tza.Va'	the army	H6635 →
מָגִנִּ֤ים	ma.gi.Nim	shields	H4043 →
וּרְמָחִים֙	u.re.ma.Chim	and spears	H7420 →
וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים	ve.Khoa.'Im	and helmets	H3553 →
וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת	ve.shir.yo.Not	and body armor<s>	H8302 →
וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת	u.ke.sha.Tot	and bows	H7198 →
וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י	u.le.'av.Nei	and <to> stones of	H68 →
קְלָעִֽים׃	ke.la.'Im	slings	H7050 →

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

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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
Judges 20:16
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
leads to
- Judges 3:15
  And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
  they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- 1 Samuel 17:40
  And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the…
- 1 Samuel 17:49–50
  Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
  And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling…
Through
1 Samuel 17:49
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Kings 9:24
  Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
- 1 Kings 22:34
  However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…