Seven thousand - Considering how populous Palestine was in the time of the earlier Israelite kings (see 2 Chronicles 13:3; [Refe…

The young men — that is, the attendants or armour-bearers of the territorial chiefs, no doubt picked men and well armed. The whole…

All the volunteers who were ready for the war—they were only seven thousand.

Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two A very small num…

The proud Syrians were beaten, and the despised Israelites were conquerors. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his troops, and preven…