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English Revised Version

2 Chronicles 17:17

And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield:

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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of the children of Beniamin, Eliada a man of might, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundred thousand.
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.
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 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. 11 And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he–goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. 13 And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valour, in Jerusalem. 14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand: 15 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand: 16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour: 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield: 18 and next to him Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war. 19 These were they that waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

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: and God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 18:12
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.
Leviticus 9:24
And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers 16:45
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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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