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2 Chronicles 25:5

in 2 Chronicles 25

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

The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 25

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
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.

This site's exposition

three hundred thousand choice men

on 2 Chronicles 25:5-6

The muster and the hire belong to Chronicles alone; Kings never mentions the three hundred thousand of Judah or the hundred thousand Israelites bought for a hundred talents of silver. Amaziah's own army is a fourth the size Jehoshaphat once fielded, a shrinkage the numbers themselves record, and his answer to the shortfall is money rather than prayer. Hiring Ephraim for silver is the same alliance with the north that Chronicles keeps flagging as a fault line in Judah's kings.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and found Judah and Benjamin in all but 300,000 men that were fit for war, whereas, in Jehoshaphat's time, fifty or sixty years before, they were four times as many. Sin weakens a people, diminishes them, dispirits them, and lessens their number and figure. (2.) He hired auxiliary troops out of the kingdom of Israel,

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Thus the Hebrew troops were closely linked together, and had strong inducements to keep steady in their ranks. found them three hundred thousand choice men--This was only a fourth part of Jehoshaphat's army (2Ch 17:14-19), showing how sadly the kingdom of Judah had, in the space of eighty-two years, been reduced in population by foreign wars, no less than by internal corruptions.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Gathered Judah together - He purposed to avenge himself of the Syrians, but wished to know his military strength before he came to a rupture.

The words behind it

29 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.

  • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץand he assembled

    vaiyikbotzH6908127 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙Amaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH55840 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣םand he appointed them

    vaiyaamidemH5975521 times

  • לְבֵית־to [the] house of

    leveit-H10042046 times

  • אָב֗וֹתancestors

    ʾavotH11212 times

  • לְשָׂרֵ֤יto [the] commanders of

    lesareiH8269421 times

  • הָאֲלָפִים֙the thousands

    haalafimH505505 times

  • וּלְשָׂרֵ֣יand to [the] commanders of

    ulesareiH8269421 times

  • הַמֵּא֔וֹתthe hundreds

    hameotH3967581 times

  • לְכָל־for all

    lekholH36055413 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןand Benjamin

    uvinyaminH1144166 times

  • וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗םand he enrolled them

    vaiyifkedemH6485303 times

  • לְמִבֶּ֨ן<to> from a son of

    lemibenH11214930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242315 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141877 times

  • וָמַ֔עְלָהand up -wards

    vama'lahH4605140 times

  • וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗םand he found them

    vaiyimtzaemH4672455 times

  • שְׁלֹשׁ־three

    shelosh-H7969432 times

  • מֵא֨וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • אֶ֤לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • בָּחוּר֙chosen [man]

    bachurH977171 times

  • יוֹצֵ֣א[one who] goes forth

    yotze'H33181067 times

  • צָבָ֔אwarfare

    tzava'H6635485 times

  • אֹחֵ֖ז[one who] holds

    ʾochezH270

  • רֹ֥מַחspear

    romachH742015 times

  • וְצִנָּֽה׃and body shield

    vetzinahH679322 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

    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.

    it 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…

    it 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 separate 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.

    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…

About 2 Chronicles

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