2 Chronicles 26:14
in 2 Chronicles 26Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
KJV
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,.... For every soldier in the army: shields and spears; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies: and helmets, and habergeons; the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body: and bows; to shoot arrows out of: and slings to cast stones; at which the Benjaminites formerly were very expert.
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
), spears, bows, and slings, shields, helmets, and habergeons: swords are not mentioned, because it is probable that every man had a sword of his own, which he wore constantly.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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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Shields, and spears - He prepared a vast number of military weapons, that he might have them in readiness to put into the hands of his subjects on any exigency.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The sling was used in war by the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Greeks, Romans, and others. Its employment by the Benjamites appears from Jdg 20:16, and by the ten tribes, a century before Uzziah, from 2Ki 3:25.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּכֶן֩ | vaiyakhen | and he prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לָהֶ֨ם | lahem | for them | ||
| עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ | ʾuziyahu | Uzziah | H5818 → | 27 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַצָּבָ֗א | hatzava' | the army | H6635 → | 485 times |
| מָגִנִּ֤ים | maginim | shields | H4043 → | 63 times |
| וּרְמָחִים֙ | uremachim | and spears | H7420 → | 15 times |
| וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים | vekhoaim | and helmets | H3553 → | |
| וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת | veshiryonot | and body armor<s> | H8302 → | |
| וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת | ukeshatot | and bows | H7198 → | 76 times |
| וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י | uleavnei | and <to> stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| קְלָעִֽים׃ | kelaim | slings | H7050 → |
וַיָּכֶן֩and he prepared
vaiyakhenH3559 →217 times
לָהֶ֨םfor them
lahem
עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּUzziah
ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 times
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הַצָּבָ֗אthe army
hatzava'H6635 →485 times
מָגִנִּ֤יםshields
maginimH4043 →63 times
וּרְמָחִים֙and spears
uremachimH7420 →15 times
וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔יםand helmets
vekhoaimH3553 →
וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹתand body armor<s>
veshiryonotH8302 →
וּקְשָׁת֑וֹתand bows
ukeshatotH7198 →76 times
וּלְאַבְנֵ֖יand <to> stones of
uleavneiH68 →273 times
קְלָעִֽים׃slings
kelaimH7050 →
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
Judges 20:16Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
it leads to
- Judges 3:15
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- 1 Samuel 17:40
And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the…
- 1 Samuel 17:49–50
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling…
- Judges 3:15
Through
1 Samuel 17:49Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
- 1 Kings 22:34
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.