2 Chronicles 17:12-19

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Jehoshaphat’s Military Might

¹²Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger. He built fortresses^(A) and storage cities in Judah ¹³and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had fighting men, valiant warriors, in Jerusalem. ¹⁴These are their numbers according to their ancestral families.^[a] For Judah, the commanders of thousands:

Adnah the commander and three hundred thousand valiant warriors with him;

¹⁵next to him, Jehohanan the commander and two hundred eighty thousand with him;

¹⁶next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer^(B) of the Lord, and two hundred thousand valiant warriors with him;

¹⁷from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

¹⁸next to him, Jehozabad and one hundred eighty thousand with him equipped for war.

¹⁹These were the ones who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.^(C)

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17:14 Lit the house of their fathers

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