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2 Chronicles 26:13 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 26 · verse 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.2 Chronicles 26:13 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 26:13 in context
11Moreover 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.
12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
13And 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.
14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
15And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- armychayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
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We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah: - I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15