2 Chronicles 25:5

Contextual Overview

¹Amaziah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. ¹ Amatzyah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yeho`addan, of Yerushalayim. ¹ Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin, and she was from Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. ¹Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. ¹ Amaziah was fiue and twentie yere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iehoaddan, of Ierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
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am 3177, bc 827

captains over thousands: Exodus 18:25, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Chronicles 13:1, 1 Chronicles 27:1

from twenty: Numbers 1:3

three: 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 14:8, 2 Chronicles 17:14-18

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:8 - handle Ezekiel 38:4 - handling

Cross-References

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

Genesis 24:36
And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Genesis 24:36
And Sarah, the wife of my master, has borne a son to my master after her old age. And he has given to him all that he has.

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, gave birth to a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.

Genesis 24:36
My master's wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

Genesis 24:36
"Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was in her old age, and he has given everything that he has to him.

Genesis 24:36
"Now my master's wife Sarah bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.

Genesis 24:36
And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

Genesis 24:36
Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, didn't have any children until she was very old. Then she had a son, and my master has given him everything.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together,.... The inhabitants thereof:

and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; he divided the people, according to their families throughout his kingdom, into thousands and hundreds, and out of their respective families appointed captains over them:

and he numbered them from twenty years old and above; the usual age men were numbered at for war, to the fiftieth, according to Josephus; the Roman law a obliged none to be soldiers after fifty, nor might any be dismissed before b; the age of military men with the Romans was from seventeen to forty six, or, as some, forty five; but with the Persians from twenty as here to fifty c:

and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield; which shows that their number was greatly decreased since the times of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 17:14, occasioned by the wars under Jehoram, Ahaziah, and Joash; some copies of the Vulgate Latin d have only 30,000.

a Seneca de Brevitate Vitae, c. 20. b Liv. Hist. l. 42. c. 33. c Alex. ab. Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 20. d Ed. of Sixtus V. the Lovain and MSS. in James's Corruption of the Fathers, p. 295.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three hundred thousand - Asa’s army had been nearly twice as numerous, amounting to 580, 000 2 Chronicles 14:8. The diminution was due, in part, to wars 2Ch 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 24:23-24; in part, to the general decadence of the kingdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 25:5. Gathered Judah together — He purposed to avenge himself of the Syrians, but wished to know his military strength before he came to a rupture.