KJV King James Version
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.
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2 Chronicles 26:12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
WEB World English Bible
The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
ASV American Standard Version
The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour is two thousand and six hundred;
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 26
9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, [one] of the king’s captains.
12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.
13 And under their hand [was] an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings [to cast] stones.
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
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