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2 Chronicles 17:17

And of the children of Beniamin, Eliada a man of might, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundred thousand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Benjamin;   Captain;   Eliada;   Jehoshaphat;   Shield;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Bow;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bow;   Eliada;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Benjamin;   Census;   Eliada;   Jehoshaphat;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Chronicles, Books of;   Eliada;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Eliada;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Army;   Eliada ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   War;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ben'jamin, the Tribe of;   Eli'ada;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Eliada;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benjamin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shield;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;
Hebrew Names Version
Of Binyamin: Elyada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
King James Version
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
English Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield;
New Century Version
These were the commanders from the families of Benjamin: Eliada, a brave soldier, had two hundred thousand soldiers who used bows and shields.
New English Translation
From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,
Amplified Bible
and of Benjamin: Eliada, a brave man, and with him 200,000 men armed with bow and shield;
New American Standard Bible
and of Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
World English Bible
Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of Beniamin, Eliada a valiant man, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundreth thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
and of Benjamin, Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 equipped with bow and shield;
Berean Standard Bible
from Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty warrior, and 200,000 with him armed with bows and shields;
Contemporary English Version
Eliada was a brave warrior who commanded the troops from Benjamin. He had two hundred thousand soldiers under his command, all of them armed with bows and shields.
Complete Jewish Bible
From Binyamin: Elyada, a strong, brave man, and with him 200,000 equipped with bows and shields;
Darby Translation
And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield;
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Benjamin these were the generals: Eliada had 200,000 soldiers who used bows, arrows, and shields. Eliada was a very brave soldier.
George Lamsa Translation
And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred thousand.
Good News Translation
The commander of the troops from the clans of Benjamin was Eliada, an outstanding soldier, in command of 200,000 men armed with shields and bows.
Lexham English Bible
And from Benjamin: Eliada, a powerful mighty warrior, and with him were two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Literal Translation
And of Benjamin, Eliada a mighty man, and two hundred thousand armed men with bow and shield with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the children of Ben Iamin was Eliada a mightie man, and with him were two hundreth thousande ready with bowes and shyldes.
American Standard Version
And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Bible in Basic English
And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
King James Version (1611)
And of Beniamin, Eliada a mightie man of valour, and with him, armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And out of Benjamin there was a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers.
English Revised Version
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Eliada myyti to batels suede this Amasie, and with hym weren two hundrid thousynde of men holdynge bouwe and scheeld.
Update Bible Version
And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Webster's Bible Translation
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
New King James Version
Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield;
New Living Translation
From Benjamin there were 200,000 troops equipped with bows and shields. They were under the command of Eliada, a veteran soldier.
New Life Bible
Eliada was a powerful soldier of the family of Benjamin. He had with him 200,000 men with bows and battle-coverings.
New Revised Standard
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada, - and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand;
Douay-Rheims Bible
After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.
Revised Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Eli'ada, a mighty man of valor, with two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield,
Young's Literal Translation
And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield;

Contextual Overview

10 And the feare of the Lorde fell vpon all the kingdomes of the landes that were rounde about Iuda, and they fought not against Iehosaphat. 11 And some of the Philistines brought Iehosaphat giftes, and tribute siluer, and therto the Arabians brought him cattaile, euen seuen thousand and seuen hundred rammes, and seuen thousand and seuen hundred hee goates. 12 And so Iehosaphat prospered, and grew vp an hie: And he built in Iuda castels and cities of store. 13 And he had great substaunce in the cities of Iuda: but the men of armes and strongest souldiers were in Hierusalem. 14 And these are the offices of them in the house of their fathers: the captaines ouer thousandes in Iuda, Adna the captayne, and with him of fighting men three hundred thousand. 15 And next to his hand was Iehohanan a captayne, and with him two hundred and fourescore thousand. 16 And next him was Amazia the sonne of Zichri, which of his owne good wyll offered him selfe vnto the Lorde, and with him two hundred thousand mightie men of warre. 17 And of the children of Beniamin, Eliada a man of might, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Iehosabad, and with him an hundred and fourescore thousand, that were prepared for the warre. 19 These wayted on the king, besides those which the king put in the strong cities throughout all Iuda.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

armed men: 2 Chronicles 14:8, 2 Samuel 1:21, 2 Samuel 1:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:37 - General Deuteronomy 33:12 - The beloved 1 Chronicles 7:7 - were reckoned

Cross-References

Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face, & God talked with hym, saying:
Genesis 17:19
Unto who God sayd: Sara thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, & thou shalt call his name Isahac: and I wyll establishe my couenaunt with hym for an euerlastyng couenaunt [and] with his seede after hym.
Genesis 17:20
And as concernyng Ismael also I haue hearde thee: for I haue blessed him, and wyll make him fruitefull, and wyl multiplie him excedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I wyll make a great nation of hym.
Genesis 18:12
Therefore Sara laughed within her selfe, saying: Nowe I am waxed olde shal I geue my selfe to lust, and my Lorde olde also?
Genesis 21:6
But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me.
Leviticus 9:24
And there came a fire out from before the Lorde, and consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offering & the fat: Whiche when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moyses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the congregation of the chyldren of Israel.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell vpon their faces, and sayde: O God, the God of spirites of all fleshe, hath not one man sinned? Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?
Numbers 16:45
Get you from among this congregation, that I may consume the quickly. And they fell vpon their faces.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell downe flat before the Lord euen as at the first time, & fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes I did neither eate bread nor drinke water, because of all your sinnes which ye sinned, in doyng wyckedly in the sight of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty man of valour,.... Was the chief commander:

and with armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand; which were the armour of the tribe of Benjamin they were best skilled in, 2 Chronicles 14:8.


 
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