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2 Chronicles 26:11

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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 officers.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

KJV

Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

an host of fighting men

on 2 Chronicles 26:11-15

Chronicles alone gives the army's organization: Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler keep the muster under Hananiah, two thousand six hundred chief officers over three hundred seven thousand five hundred men, more than his father Amaziah's army by seven thousand five hundred, per 2 Chr 25:5. Uzziah arms them with shields, spears, helmets, habergeons, bows and slings, then adds engines invented by cunning men on the towers and bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones, an early notice of siege technology the commentators compare to the later Roman ballista and catapult. His name spread far abroad, for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong closes the buildup and sets up the turn the next verse makes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men,.... A standing army: that went out to war by bands; to annoy his enemies, and to scour the country from thieves and robbers, that came in troops to plunder: according to the number of their account, by the hand of Jeiel the scribe; the secretary of war, who ordered these bands, settled their number, and directed their destination: and Maaseiah the ruler; or officer over them, a lieutenant: under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains; that had the command of them, or at least of one of them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands--He raised a strong body of militia, divided into companies or regiments of uniform size, which served in rotation. The enumeration was performed by two functionaries expert in the drawing up of military muster-rolls, under the superintendence of Hananiah, one of the high officers of the crown.

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The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיְהִ֣יand it belonged

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • לְעֻזִּיָּ֡הוּto Uzziah

    leuziyahuH5818 →27 times

  • חַיִל֩an army

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • עֹשֵׂ֨הdoing

    ʾosehH6213 →2628 times

  • מִלְחָמָ֜ה<of> battle

    milchamahH4421 →320 times

  • יוֹצְאֵ֧י[those who] go forth of

    yotzeiH3318 →1067 times

  • צָבָ֣אwar

    tzava'H6635 →485 times

  • לִגְד֗וּדto troop[s]

    ligdudH1416 →33 times

  • בְּמִסְפַּר֙by [the] number of

    bemisparH4557 →134 times

  • פְּקֻדָּתָ֔םmuster their

    pekudatamH6486 →32 times

  • בְּיַד֙by [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • יְעִיאֵ֣לJeiel

    yeuelH3273 →14 times

  • הַסּוֹפֵ֔רthe scribe

    hasoferH5608 →159 times

  • וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּand Maaseiah

    umaaseyahuH4641 →23 times

  • הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑רthe official

    hashoterH7860 →25 times

  • עַ֚לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • יַד־[the] hand of

    yad-H3027 →1618 times

  • חֲנַנְיָ֔הוּHananiah

    chananyahuH2608 →

  • מִשָּׂרֵ֖יone of [the] officials of

    misareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    2 Kings 5:2

    At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 6:23

      So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come…

    • 2 Kings 13:20

      And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

    • 1 Samuel 13:17–18

      And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,

    • Psalms 123:2

      As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God…

    • Judges 9:34

      So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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