KJV King James Version
And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
WEB World English Bible
Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
ASV American Standard Version
And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these are mighty of valour.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 14
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.
9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֣יH1961 · ha.yahto beלְאָסָ֗אH609 · a.saAsaחַיִל֮H2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersנֹשֵׂ֣אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseצִנָּ֣הH6793 · tsin.nahhookוָרֹמַח֒H7420 · ro.machspearמִֽיהוּדָה֙H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahשְׁלֹ֣שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeמֵא֣וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאֶ֔לֶף סH505 · e.lephthousandוּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminנֹשְׂאֵ֤יH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseמָגֵן֙H4043 · ma.genshieldוְדֹ֣רְכֵיH1869 · da.rakhto treadקֶ֔שֶׁתH7198 · qe.shetbowמָאתַ֥יִםH3967 · me.ahhundredוּשְׁמוֹנִ֖יםH8084 · she.mo.nimeightyאָ֑לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseגִּבּ֥וֹרֵיH1368 · gib.bormighty manחָֽיִל׃H2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiers
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 13:3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour.2 Chronicles 17:14-19And these [are] the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.2 Chronicles 11:1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.2 Chronicles 25:5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able] to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:8
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →