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

12These regiments of mighty warriors were commanded by 2,600 clan leaders. 13The army consisted of 307,500 men, all elite troops. They were prepared to assist the king against any enemy. Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones. 15And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones from the towers and the corners of the wall. His fame spread far and wide, for the Lord gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful. 16But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord his God by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 26:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהוּ‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû · UzziahH5818
• preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• for them throughout all the hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• shieldsמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• and spearsרֹ֫מַחrômach · spearH7420
• and helmetsכּוֹבַעkôba‛ · helmetH3553
• and habergeonsשִׁרְיוֹןshiryôn shiryân shiryâh shiryônâh · armorH8302
• and bowsקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• and slingsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 26:14

• Judges 20:16Among Benjamin’s elite troops, 700 were left-handed, and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth without missing.
• 1 Samuel 17:49Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on 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
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Cast
• Coat of mail
• Fighting
• Mighty
• TiglathPileser III.
• Armor; Arms
• Chronicles, Books of
• Judah, Kingdom of

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