2 Chronicles 17:17
New International Version
From Benjamin: Eliada, a valiant soldier, with 200,000 men armed with bows and shields;

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.

English Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield;

Berean Standard Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

King James Bible
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, 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 American Standard Bible
and of Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

NASB 1995
and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield;

NASB 1977
and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield;

Legacy Standard Bible
and of Benjamin, Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 equipped with bow and shield;

Amplified Bible
and of Benjamin: Eliada, a brave man, and with him 200,000 men armed with bow and shield;

Christian Standard Bible
from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
from Benjamin, Eliada, a brave warrior, and 200,000 with him armed with bow and shield;

American Standard Version
And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And from those of the house of Benjamin, mighty men of the army: Elida, his name, and two hundred thousand men archers and bearers of shields were serving him

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And out of Benjamin there was a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers.

Contemporary English Version
Eliada was a brave warrior who commanded the troops from Benjamin. He had 200,000 soldiers under his command, all of them armed with bows and shields.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.

English Revised Version
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From Benjamin there was the fighting man Eliada (with 200,000 armed men with bows and shields),

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.

International Standard Version
There was also Eliada from Benjamin, himself a valiant soldier. He was accompanied by 200,000 expert archers bearing shields.

JPS Tanakh 1917
and of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

Literal Standard Version
And of Benjamin, mighty men of valor: Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

Majority Standard Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

New American Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a valiant warrior, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and buckler.

NET Bible
From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

New Revised Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,

New Heart English Bible
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.

World English Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand 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.

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Context
Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
16and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor. 17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields; 18and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.…

Cross References
Numbers 1:36
From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

2 Chronicles 17:16
and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.

2 Chronicles 17:18
and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.


Treasury of Scripture

And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

armed men

2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

2 Samuel 1:21,22
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil…

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2 Chronicles 17
1. Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigns well, and prospers
7. He sends Levites with the princes to teach Judah
10. His enemies being terrified by God, some of them bring him presents and tribute
12. His greatness, captains, and armies














(17) Armed men with bow and shield.--Literally, drawing bow and shield: i.e., as the Targum explains, "drawing bow and grasping shields." (Comp. 1Chronicles 12:2.) LXX., "Archers and peltasts;" Vulg., "Grasping bow and shield." (Comp. also 1Chronicles 8:40, for the arms of the Benjaminites.)

Verse 17. - Of Benjamin... armed men with bow and shield (see 2 Chronicles 14:8, and note thereunder).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
from
וּמִ֨ן־ (ū·min-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

Benjamin,
בִּנְיָמִ֔ן (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

Eliada,
אֶלְיָדָ֑ע (’el·yā·ḏā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 450: Eliada -- 'God knows', three Israelites

a mighty warrior,
גִּבּ֥וֹר (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

and 200,000
מָאתַ֥יִם (mā·ṯa·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 3967: A hundred

with him
וְעִמּ֛וֹ (wə·‘im·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

armed
נֹֽשְׁקֵי־ (nō·šə·qê-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weapons

with bows
קֶ֥שֶׁת (qe·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

and shields;
וּמָגֵ֖ן (ū·mā·ḡên)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 17:17 Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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