Jehoshaphat’s Military Might

12 Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger. He built fortresses(A) and storage cities in Judah 13 and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had fighting men, valiant warriors, in Jerusalem. 14 These 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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  1. 17:14 Lit the house of their fathers

12 And Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater,[a] and he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah. 13 And he had many supplies in the cities of Judah and mighty warriors for battle in Jerusalem. 14 Now these were their enrollment by the house of their ancestors:[b] of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah, the commander, and with him were three hundred thousand mighty armed warriors; 15 and at his side,[c] Jehohanan the commander, and with him were two hundred and eighty thousand; 16 and at his side,[d] Amasiah the son of Zicri, who had made a freewill offering to Yahweh, and with him were two hundred thousand mighty armed warriors. 17 And from Benjamin: Eliada, a powerful mighty warrior, and with him were two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 18 and at his side,[e] Jehozabad, and with him were one hundred and eighty thousand armed for war. 19 These were serving the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 17:12 Literally “was going and becoming great to the height”
  2. 2 Chronicles 17:14 Or “fathers”
  3. 2 Chronicles 17:15 Or “hand”
  4. 2 Chronicles 17:16 Or “hand”
  5. 2 Chronicles 17:18 Or “hand”