40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor—archers. They had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin.

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Your wife shall be (A)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your (B)children (C)like olive plants
All around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

(D)The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
Yes, may you (E)see your children’s children.

(F)Peace be upon Israel!

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Behold, (A)children are a heritage from the Lord,
(B)The fruit of the womb is a (C)reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
(D)Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
(E)They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

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And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried [a]shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew (A)bows; all these were mighty men of (B)valor.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:8 large shields

armed with bows, using both the right hand and (A)the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul’s brethren.

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