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Douay-Rheims Bible

2 Chronicles 17:17

After him was Eliada valiant in battle, 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.
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;
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 came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda, and they durst not make war against Josaphat. 11 The Philistines also brought presents to Josaphat, and tribute in silver, and the Arabians brought him cattle, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and as many he goats. 12 And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great: and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities. 13 And he prepared many works in the cities of Juda: and he had warriors, and valiant men in Jerusalem. 14 Of whom this is the number of the houses and families of every one: in Juda captains of the army, Ednas the chief, and with him three hundred thousand most valiant men. 15 After him Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. 16 And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men. 17 After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield. 18 After him also was Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war. 19 All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda.

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
Abram fell flat on his face.
Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 18:12
And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?
Genesis 21:6
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
Leviticus 9:24
And, behold, a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.
Numbers 14:5
And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:22
They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man’s sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
Numbers 16:45
Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to 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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