And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
And at his hand is Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs.
and next to him was Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.
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And next to him was Jehohanan the captain,.... Being of the same rank as to office, but having a lesser number of men under him; and it may respect not any kind of subordination, only nearness of place, as the Targum,"he that encamped next to him" and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand; which number was but 20,000 less than the former.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Thus was his prosperity the reward of his piety and his piety the brightest grace and ornament of his prosperity. Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa. 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
