KJV King James Version
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
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2 Chronicles 17:17
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
WEB World English Bible
Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
ASV American Standard Version
And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 17
14 And 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.
15 And next to him [was] Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
16 And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
18 And next him [was] Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
19 These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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וּמִ֨ן־H4480 · minfromבִּנְיָמִ֔ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminגִּבּ֥וֹרH1368 · gib.bormighty manחַ֖יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersאֶלְיָדָ֑עH450 · el.ya.daEliadaוְעִמּ֛וֹH5973 · imwithנֹֽשְׁקֵי־H5401 · na.shaqto kissקֶ֥שֶׁתH7198 · qe.shetbowוּמָגֵ֖ןH4043 · ma.genshieldמָאתַ֥יִםH3967 · me.ahhundredאָֽלֶף׃ סH505 · e.lephthousand
Cross-references
2 Samuel 1:21-22Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.2 Chronicles 14:8And 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.
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