2 Chronicles 17:19

These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 17:19 in other translations

BSB	These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
WEB	These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
ASV	These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
YLT	These are those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.
DARBY	These were they that waited on the king, besides those that the king had put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
BBE	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.
Webster	These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 17:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 17:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428

הַמְשָׁרְתִ֣יםham.sha.re.Tim[were] the [ones who] servedH8334

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

מִלְּבַ֞דmi.le.Vad<from> <to> besidesH905

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[those] whomH834

נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe putH5414

הַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

בְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.Reiin [the] cities ofH5892

הַמִּבְצָ֖רha.miv.Tzar<the> fortificationH4013

בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605

יְהוּדָֽה\׃\ \פye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 17:19

2 Chronicles 17:2
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
2 Chronicles 11:12
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
2 Chronicles 11:23
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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Context

2 Chronicles 17:18
And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2 Chronicles 17:19
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

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2 Chronicles 17:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Estos eran siervos del rey, sin los que había el rey puesto en las ciudades de guarnición por toda Judea.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ce sont là ceux qui servaient le roi, outre ceux que le roi avait mis dans les villes fortes, dans tout Juda.
German Elberfelder 1871	Diese waren es, die dem König dienten, außer denen, welche der König in die festen Städte von ganz Juda gelegt hatte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Hi omnes erant ad manum regis, exceptis aliis quos posuerat in urbibus muratis in universo Juda.