2 Chronicles 17:14

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Then the fear of the Lord fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them wanted to declare war on Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ And the fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ The nations near Judah were afraid of the Lord , so they did not start a war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were] around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰Now the dread of the LORD was on all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹⁰ Therfor the drede of the Lord was maad on al the rewmes of londis, that weren `bi cumpas of Juda; and tho dursten not fiyte ayens Josaphat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the numbers: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5

to the house: Numbers 1:2, Numbers 1:18

three hundred: 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 14:8, 2 Chronicles 26:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:8 - thy hand Numbers 1:26 - General Numbers 1:27 - General Numbers 1:46 - General Judges 20:17 - four hundred 1 Kings 12:21 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 25:5 - three 2 Chronicles 32:6 - he set captains

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people."

Genesis 17:2
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
"I will establish My covenant (everlasting promise) between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly [through your descendants]."

Genesis 17:2
and Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees bitwixe me and thee; and Y schal multiplie thee ful greetli.

Genesis 17:2
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

Genesis 17:2
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these are the numbers of them, according to the house of their fathers,.... Both of the tribe of Judah and of Benjamin: and first

of Judah, the captains of thousands; some had 1000 men under them, and some one hundred:

Adnah the chief; he was the principal commander or general of them:

and with him mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand; such a number was under his command.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The captains of thousands; Adnah the chief - literally, “princes of thousands, Adnah the prince.” The writer does not mean that Adnah (or Johohanan, 2 Chronicles 17:15) was in any way superior to the other “princes,” but only that he was one of them.

Three hundred thousand - This number. and those which follow in 2 Chronicles 17:15-18, have been with good reason regarded as corrupt by most critics. For:

(1) They imply a minimum population of 1,480 to the square mile, which is more than three times greater than that of any country in the known world (circa 1880’s).

(2) they produce a total just double that of the next largest estimate of the military force of Judah, the 580, 000 of 2 Chronicles 14:8.

(3) they are professedly a statement, not of the whole military force, but of the force maintained at Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 17:13; compare 2 Chronicles 17:19).

It is probable that the original numbers have been lost, and that the loss was suppplied by a scribe, who took 2 Chronicles 14:8 as his basis.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 17:14. Adnah, the chief — He was generalissimo of all this host. These are the numbers of the five battalions: under Adnah, three hundred thousand; Jehohanan, two hundred and eighty thousand, Amasiah, two hundred thousand; Eliada, two hundred thousand; Jehozabad, one hundred and eighty thousand; in all, one million one hundred and sixty thousand.