2 Chronicles 26:12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
2 Chronicles 26:12 in other translations
| BSB | The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600. |
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| WEB | The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred. |
| ASV | The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. |
| YLT | The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour is two thousand and six hundred; |
| DARBY | The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred. |
| BBE | The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred. |
| Webster | The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. |
What does 2 Chronicles 26:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 26:11-15
11-15. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:1-15
As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they sought the Lord, and kept close to their duty, they prospered; but when they forsook God, every thing went cross. God never continues either to bless the indolent or to withhold his blessing from the diligent. He will never…
2 Chronicles 26:12 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
- 2 Chronicles 26:12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
2 Chronicles 26:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todo el número de los jefes de familias, valientes y esforzados, era dos mil y seiscientos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tout le nombre des chefs des pères, des hommes forts et vaillants, était de 2 600. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die ganze Zahl der Häupter der Väter der tapferen Helden war 2600. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnisque numerus principum per familias, virorum fortium duorum millium sexcentorum. |