2 Chronicles 25:5
in 2 Chronicles 25Then 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
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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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
), 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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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ | vaiyikbotz | and he assembled | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ | ʾamatzyahu | Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣ם | vaiyaamidem | and he appointed them | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָב֗וֹת | ʾavot | ancestors | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְשָׂרֵ֤י | lesarei | to [the] commanders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הָאֲלָפִים֙ | haalafim | the thousands | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י | ulesarei | and to [the] commanders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַמֵּא֔וֹת | hameot | the hundreds | H3967 → | 581 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם | vaiyifkedem | and he enrolled them | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לְמִבֶּ֨ן | lemiben | <to> from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וָמַ֔עְלָה | vama'lah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם | vaiyimtzaem | and he found them | H4672 → | 455 times |
| שְׁלֹשׁ־ | shelosh- | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מֵא֨וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אֶ֤לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| בָּחוּר֙ | bachur | chosen [man] | H977 → | 171 times |
| יוֹצֵ֣א | yotze' | [one who] goes forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| צָבָ֔א | tzava' | warfare | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֹחֵ֖ז | ʾochez | [one who] holds | H270 → | |
| רֹ֥מַח | romach | spear | H7420 → | 15 times |
| וְצִנָּֽה׃ | vetzinah | and body shield | H6793 → | 22 times |
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץand he assembled
vaiyikbotzH6908 →127 times
אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙Amaziah
ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣םand he appointed them
vaiyaamidemH5975 →521 times
לְבֵית־to [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
אָב֗וֹתancestors
ʾavotH1 →1212 times
לְשָׂרֵ֤יto [the] commanders of
lesareiH8269 →421 times
הָאֲלָפִים֙the thousands
haalafimH505 →505 times
וּלְשָׂרֵ֣יand to [the] commanders of
ulesareiH8269 →421 times
הַמֵּא֔וֹתthe hundreds
hameotH3967 →581 times
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןand Benjamin
uvinyaminH1144 →166 times
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗םand he enrolled them
vaiyifkedemH6485 →303 times
לְמִבֶּ֨ן<to> from a son of
lemibenH1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וָמַ֔עְלָהand up -wards
vama'lahH4605 →140 times
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗םand he found them
vaiyimtzaemH4672 →455 times
שְׁלֹשׁ־three
shelosh-H7969 →432 times
מֵא֨וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
אֶ֤לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
בָּחוּר֙chosen [man]
bachurH977 →171 times
יוֹצֵ֣א[one who] goes forth
yotze'H3318 →1067 times
צָבָ֔אwarfare
tzava'H6635 →485 times
אֹחֵ֖ז[one who] holds
ʾochezH270 →
רֹ֥מַחspear
romachH7420 →15 times
וְצִנָּֽה׃and body shield
vetzinahH6793 →22 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 1:3You 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.
- Exodus 30:14
Through
1 Chronicles 27:1This 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.
- 2 Chronicles 26:11–13
Through
2 Chronicles 14:8Asa 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.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3
Through
2 Chronicles 11:1When 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…
- 1 Kings 12:21–24
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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.
