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17 Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,

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Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah armed with large shields and spears and two hundred eighty thousand troops from Benjamin who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty warriors.

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21 You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you
    nor bounteous fields![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.(A)

22 From the blood of the slain,
    from the fat of the mighty,
the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
    nor the sword of Saul return empty.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.21 Meaning of Heb uncertain