Then Amazi'ah assembled the men of Judah, and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were three hundred thousand picked men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.
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Three hundred thousand - Asa’s army had been nearly twice as numerous, amounting to 580,000 (2 Chronicles 14:8). The diminution …
Charles Ellicott
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AMAZIAH’S MILITARY STRENGTH, AND CONQUEST OF EDOM
(2 Chronicles 25:5–13).
This section is for the most par…
John Gill
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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together
The inhabitants thereof:
and made them captains over tho…
Matthew Henry
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Amaziah was no enemy to religion, but a cool and indifferent friend. Many do what is good, but not with a perfect heart. Rashness makes work for re…
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