17 Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men (A)armed with bow and shield;

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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.

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21 (A)“You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you,
    nor fields of offerings![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, not (B)anointed with oil.

22 “From the blood of the slain,
    from the fat of the mighty,
(C)the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
    and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Septuagint firstfruits

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