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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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2 Chronicles 17:19

All these soldiers served King Jehoshaphat. The king also had other men in the fortresses in all the country of Judah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Captain;   Cities;   Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cities;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehohanan;   Jehoshaphat;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Army;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - War;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho'hanan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Wait;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These were the ones who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Yehudah.
King James Version
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
English Standard Version
These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
New Century Version
All these soldiers served King Jehoshaphat. The king also put other men in the strong, walled cities through all of Judah.
New English Translation
These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Amplified Bible
These are the ones who were in the service of the king, besides those he had placed in fortified cities throughout Judah.
New American Standard Bible
These are the ones who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
World English Bible
These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These waited on the King, besides those which the King put in the strong cities thoroughout all Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are they who attended on the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Contemporary English Version
These were the troops who protected the king in Jerusalem, not counting those he had assigned to the fortified cities throughout the country.
Complete Jewish Bible
These served the king, in addition to those the king assigned to the fortified cities throughout all Y'hudah.
Darby Translation
These were they that waited on the king, besides those that the king had put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
These were all who served King Jehoshaphat, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all the land of Judah.
Good News Translation
These soldiers served the king in Jerusalem, and in addition he stationed others in the other fortified cities of Judah.
Lexham English Bible
These were serving the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Literal Translation
These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities in all Judah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All these wayted vpon the kynge, besydes those that the kynge had layed in the stroge cities thorow out all Iuda.
American Standard Version
These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Bible in Basic English
These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These wayted on the king, besides those which the king put in the strong cities throughout all Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These were they that waited on the king beside those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
King James Version (1611)
These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These were the king’s servants besides those whom the king put in the strong cities in all Judea.
English Revised Version
These were they that waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle these weren at the hond of the kyng, outakun othere, whiche he hadde put in wallid cytees and in al Juda.
Update Bible Version
These were those that ministered to the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Webster's Bible Translation
These waited on the king, besides [those] whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
New King James Version
These served the king, besides those the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
New Living Translation
These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified towns throughout Judah.
New Life Bible
These are the men who served the king, as well as those whom the king put in the strong cities through all Judah.
New Revised Standard
These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, were they who were waiting upon the king, - besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities, throughout all Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda.
Revised Standard Version
These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Young's Literal Translation
These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are they who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah.

Contextual Overview

10 The nations near Judah were afraid of the Lord , so they did not start a war against Jehoshaphat. 11 Some of the Philistines brought gifts to Jehoshaphat. They also brought silver to him because they knew he was a very powerful king. Some Arabian people brought flocks to Jehoshaphat. They brought 7700 rams and 7700 goats to him. 12 Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful. He built fortresses and storage towns in the country of Judah. 13 He kept many supplies in the storage towns. And Jehoshaphat kept trained soldiers in Jerusalem. 14 These soldiers were listed in their tribes. This is the list of these soldiers in Jerusalem: From the tribe of Judah, these were the generals: Adnah was the general of 300,000 soldiers. 15 Jehohanan was the general of 280,000 soldiers. 16 Amasiah was the general of 200,000 soldiers. Amasiah was Zicri's son. Amasiah was happy to give himself to serve the Lord . 17 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. 18 Jehozabad had 180,000 men ready for war. 19 All these soldiers served King Jehoshaphat. The king also had other men in the fortresses in all the country of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put in: 2 Chronicles 17:2, 2 Chronicles 17:12, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Chronicles 11:23

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 11:11 - captains 2 Chronicles 33:14 - put

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
If you do this, I will prepare an agreement between us. I will promise to make your people a great nation."
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram bowed down before God. God said to him,
Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.
Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham, "Now, this is your part of the agreement: You and all your descendants will obey my agreement.
Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement that all of you must obey. This is the agreement between me and you and all your descendants. Every male must be circumcised.
Genesis 17:13
So every baby boy in your nation will be circumcised. Every boy who is born from your family or bought as a slave will be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
Abraham, this is the agreement between you and me: Any male who is not circumcised will be cut off from his people because he has broken my agreement."
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed his face to the ground to show he respected God. But he laughed and said to himself, "I am 100 years old. I cannot have a son, and Sarah is 90 years old. She cannot have a child."
Genesis 17:20
"You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These waited on the king,.... Not this vast number of men at one time, but in course, as David's military men waited on him, 1 Chronicles 27:1 or each of these captains, with a proper number of men under them detached from the body; and they were all ready to obey the king's orders whenever he should have occasion for them:

besides those whom the king put into the fenced cities throughout Judah; and all together, the militia of the kingdom was very numerous and formidable.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 17:19. These waited on the king — They were disposable forces, always at the king's command; and were independent of those by which the cities of Judah were garrisoned.

THERE is not a sovereign in Europe or in the world but might read this chapter with advantage.

1. It shows most forcibly that true religion is the basis of the state, and that, wherever it prospers, there the state prospers.

2. It shows also that it is the wisdom of kings to encourage religion with all their power and influence; for if the hearts of the subjects be not bound and influenced by true religion, vain is the application of laws, fines, imprisonments, or corporal punishment of any kind.

3. A religious nation is ever a great nation; it is loved by its friends, it is dreaded by its enemies.

4. It is ever a peaceable and united nation: the blessings of religion, and a wholesome and paternal government, are so fully felt and prized, that all find it their interest to preserve and defend them. Harmony, peace, piety, and strength, are the stability of such times. May Britain know and value them!


 
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