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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

2 Chronicles 17:17

from Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty warrior, and 200,000 with him armed with bows and shields;

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;
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.
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

10And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. 11Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him flocks of 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. 12Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah 13and kept a large amount of supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had fighting men, mighty warriors, in Jerusalem. 14These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: For Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander and 300,000 mighty warriors with him; 15next to him, Jehohanan the commander and 280,000 with him; 16next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and 200,000 mighty warriors with him; 17from Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty warrior, and 200,000 with him armed with bows and shields;18and next to him, Jehozabad and 180,000 with him equipped for war. 19These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout 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
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
Genesis 17:19
But God replied, "Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 18:12
So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
Genesis 21:6
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me."
Leviticus 9:24
Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembled congregation of Israel.
Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole congregation?"
Numbers 16:45
"Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant." And they fell facedown.
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking 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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