2 Chronicles 26:14

2 Chronicles 26:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
• New International Version (NIV)Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones.

Context of 2 Chronicles 26:14

12The total number of the heads of the households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600. 13Under their direction was an elite army of 307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy. Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones. 15In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong. 16But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 26:14 word by word

וַיָּכֶן֩ לָהֶ֨ם עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ לְכָל־הַצָּבָ֗א מָגִנִּ֤ים וּרְמָחִים֙ וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י קְלָעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Moreover, Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהוּ‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû · UzziahH5818
• preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• for allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the armyצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• shieldsמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• spearsרֹ֫מַחrômach · spearH7420
• helmetsכּוֹבַעkôba‛ · helmetH3553
• bodyשִׁרְיוֹןshiryôn shiryân shiryâh shiryônâh · armorH8302
• armorשִׁרְיוֹןshiryôn shiryân shiryâh shiryônâh · armorH8302
• bowsקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• and slingקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 26:14

• Judges 20:16Out of all these people 700 choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
• 1 Samuel 17:49And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Shields, and spears - He prepared a vast number of military weapons, that he might have them in readiness to put into the hands of his subjects on any exigency.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The sling was used in war by the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Greeks, Romans, and others. Its employment by the Benjamites appears from Judges 20:16, and by the ten tribes, a century before Uzziah, from 2 Kings 3:25.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14Uzziah had a large and well-equipped army that helped him expand and defend his land. His name appears on a fragment of a text from Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria, which identifies Uzziah as the leader of an alliance.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1511-15. an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands--He raised a strong body of militia, divided into companies or regiments of uniform size, which served in rotation. The enumeration was performed by two functionaries expert in the drawing up of military muster-rolls, under the superintendence of Hananiah, one of the high officers of the crown. The army consisted of 307,500 picked men, under the command of two thousand gallant officers, chiefs…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 26:14

• Archery
• Armies
• Blessing
• Helmet
• Shield
• Sling
• Uzziah

In the dictionaries

• Uzziah
• Cast
• Coat of mail
• Fighting
• Mighty
• TiglathPileser III.
• Armor; Arms
• Chronicles, Books of
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Zabad

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings