The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred.
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The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred.
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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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The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Of the chief officers of the king’s house, or…
Of the chief officers of the king’s house, or of the captains and sergeants for war.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 26:12 The whole number of the chief of…
2Ch 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.
Ver. 12. Were two thousand and six hundred.] All these were commanders. What a huge host then had he! for we may not think that here - as was said of Alcibiades’s army - they were all leaders, no learners.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,....…
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,.... For every soldier in the army:
shields and spears; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies:
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and helmets, and habergeons; the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body:
and bows; to shoot arrows out of:
and slings to cast stones; at which the Benjaminites formerly were very expert.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. the chief of the fathers of the mighty…
12. the chief of the fathers of the mighty men] R.V. the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men.
were two thousand] R.V. was two thousand.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Chief of the fathers.—Heads of the families, or…
(12) Chief of the fathers.—Heads of the families, or father-houses.
Of the mighty men of valour.—To wit, the mighty men of valour, in apposition with heads of the families. The army was marshalled, as of old, according to clans, or houses, the heads of which are here distinguished as “valiant heroes.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Of the mighty men of valour. The "of" here…
Of the mighty men of valour. The "of" here is incorrect; the former sub-stautive is not necessarily in construct state, and this word has the prefix of the preposition l; nor is the rendering "valour" for our Hebrew text lyij so likely a rendering as that found in the foregoing verse, "host." Render, The whole number of the chief of the fathers in the mighty men of the host was, etc. So in the next verse. "with mighty power" will be better rendered "with the strength of a host. "
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