¹⁴ This was the muster of them by fathers' houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 mighty men of valor;

¹³ Under their command was an army of ^(A)307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

⁸ And Asa had an army of ^(A)300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

³ Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam ^(A)drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.

Rehoboam Secures His Kingdom

11 ^(A)When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

¹⁸ and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

^2 (A)“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^(B)by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.

⁵ And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and ^(A)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, ^(B)“So shall your offspring be.”

^16 (A)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

^2 (A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.