2 Chronicles 17:15
in 2 Chronicles 17next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
KJV
And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 17
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers
on 2 Chronicles 17:14-16
The roster opens with Judah's three captains: Adnah over three hundred thousand, Jehohanan over two hundred and eighty thousand, and Amasiah son of Zichri over two hundred thousand, named because he willingly offered himself unto the Lord. Gill reads the phrase either as service given without pay or, following Kimchi, as gold and silver given to the temple treasury, the same freewill spirit David asked of Israel's officers at 1 Chr 29:5. Spurgeon preached from this verse itself, taking a commander who could lead an army and still obey God as the pattern a Christian employer should want in a Christian servant.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יָד֖וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן | yehochanan | Jehohanan | H3076 → | 11 times |
| הַשָּׂ֑ר | hasar | the commander | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וְעִמּ֕וֹ | veimo | and with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מָאתַ֥יִם | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים | ushemonim | and eighty | H8084 → | 38 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ ס | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יָד֖וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
יְהוֹחָנָ֣ןJehohanan
yehochananH3076 →11 times
הַשָּׂ֑רthe commander
hasarH8269 →421 times
וְעִמּ֕וֹand with him
veimoH5973 →1050 times
מָאתַ֥יִםtwo hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖יםand eighty
ushemonimH8084 →38 times
אָֽלֶף׃ סthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2227, Wanted! Volunteers; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.