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2 Chronicles 25:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral families,  according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those twenty years old or more  for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be three hundred thousand fit young men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

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You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions #– #everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.  ,


When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem,  he mobilised the house of Judah and Benjamin #– #one hundred and eighty thousand fit young soldiers #– #to fight against Israel to restore the reign to Rehoboam.


Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.


Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah bearing large shields and spears,  and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin bearing shields and drawing the bow. All these were valiant warriors.


This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout  the year. There were 24,000 in each division:


David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.


He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties,  to plough his ground and reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots.


So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.


Then for 3.5 tonnes  of silver he hired one hundred thousand valiant warriors from Israel.


So he said to the people of Judah, ‘Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars.  The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God. We sought him and he gave us rest on every side.’ So they built and succeeded.





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