2 Chronicles 14:8

And 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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Asa	לְאָסָ֗א le.'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
army	חַיִל֮ cha.Yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bare	נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
targets	צִנָּ֣ה tzi.Nah	H6793	a hook (as pointed) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
spears	וָרֹמַח֒ va.ro.Mach	H7420	a lance (as thrown) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Judah	מִֽיהוּדָה֙ mi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
three	שְׁלֹ֣שׁ she.Losh	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֔לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
Benjamin	וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן u.mi.bin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
bare	נֹשְׂאֵ֤י no.se.'Ei	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
shields	מָגֵן֙ ma.Gen	H4043	a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drew	וְדֹ֣רְכֵי ve.Do.re.khei	H1869	to tread · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
bows	קֶ֔שֶׁת Ke.shet	H7198	a bow · noun, common feminine singular absolute
hundred	מָאתַ֥יִם ma.Ta.yim	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine dual absolute
fourscore	וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים u.she.mo.Nim	H8084	eighty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אָ֑לֶף 'A.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
men	גִּבּ֥וֹרֵי gi.Bo.rei	H1368	powerful · noun, common masculine plural construct
valour	חָֽיִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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2 Chronicles 13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle i…
2 Chronicles 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which…
2 Chronicles 17:14-19 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 hi…
2 Chronicles 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of thei…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

Here is, I. Asa's general character (Ch2 14:2): He did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 1. He aimed at pleasing God, studied to approve himself to him. Happy are those that walk by this rule, to do that which is right, not in their own eyes, or in the eye of the world, but in the eyes of God. 2. He saw God's eye always upon him, and that helped much to keep him to what was good and right. 3. God graciously accepted him in what he did, and approved his conduct as good and right. II. A blessed work of reformation which he set on foot immediately upon his accession to the crown. 1. He removed and abolished idolatry. Since Solomon admitted idolatry, in the latter en…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 14:7

while the land is yet before us--that is, while we have free and undisputed progress everywhere; no foe is near; but, as this happy time of peace may not last always and the kingdom is but small and weak, let us prepare suitable defenses in case of need. He had also an army of five hundred eighty thousand men. Judah furnished the heavily armed soldiers, and Benjamin the archers. This large number does not mean a body of professional soldiers, but all capable of bearing arms and liable to be called into service.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 14:8

Targets and spears - Probably targets with the dagger in the center, and javelins for distant fight. Bare shields and drew bows - They were not only archers, but had shield and sword for close fight.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 14:8

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand,.... These were armed with a large sort of shield, to protect them, and with spears, to push at an enemy when they came near them, and to close quarters with them: and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand; these had also a lesser sort of shields, to defend their bodies, and bows and arrows, to annoy an enemy at a distance: all these were mighty men of valour; able bodied men, valiant and courageous; perhaps Asa gathered these together, on hearing that the Ethiopians were preparing to attack him, as follows.

Dictionary and topics

Asa — Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities,…
Bow — The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so also…
Archery · Practiced by the Israelites — Practiced by the Israelites
Bow, The · Used expertly by: Benjamites — Used expertly by: Benjamites
Shield · Used by the Benjamites — Used by the Benjamites
Shields · Many of the Israelites used, with expertness — Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
Target · Used by spearmen — Used by spearmen

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 14:8 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary

2 Chronicles 14:8

And 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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Asa	לְאָסָ֗א le.'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
army	חַיִל֮ cha.Yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bare	נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
targets	צִנָּ֣ה tzi.Nah	H6793	a hook (as pointed) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
spears	וָרֹמַח֒ va.ro.Mach	H7420	a lance (as thrown) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Judah	מִֽיהוּדָה֙ mi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
three	שְׁלֹ֣שׁ she.Losh	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֔לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
Benjamin	וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן u.mi.bin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
bare	נֹשְׂאֵ֤י no.se.'Ei	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
shields	מָגֵן֙ ma.Gen	H4043	a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drew	וְדֹ֣רְכֵי ve.Do.re.khei	H1869	to tread · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
bows	קֶ֔שֶׁת Ke.shet	H7198	a bow · noun, common feminine singular absolute
hundred	מָאתַ֥יִם ma.Ta.yim	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine dual absolute
fourscore	וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים u.she.mo.Nim	H8084	eighty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אָ֑לֶף 'A.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
men	גִּבּ֥וֹרֵי gi.Bo.rei	H1368	powerful · noun, common masculine plural construct
valour	חָֽיִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle i…
2 Chronicles 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which…
2 Chronicles 17:14-19 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 hi…
2 Chronicles 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of thei…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 14:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 14:8

Targets and spears - Probably targets with the dagger in the center, and javelins for distant fight. Bare shields and drew bows - They were not only archers, but had shield and sword for close fight.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 14:8

Dictionary and topics

Asa — Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities,…
Bow — The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so also…
Archery · Practiced by the Israelites — Practiced by the Israelites
Bow, The · Used expertly by: Benjamites — Used expertly by: Benjamites
Shield · Used by the Benjamites — Used by the Benjamites
Shields · Many of the Israelites used, with expertness — Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
Target · Used by spearmen — Used by spearmen

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 14:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 14:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 14:8

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 14:8

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2 Chronicles 14:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 14:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 14:8

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 14:8

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 14:8–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 14:7-14

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 14:6