2 Chronicles 17:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֥לֶּה פְקֻדָּתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם לִֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׂרֵ֣י אֲלָפִ֔ים עַדְנָ֣ה הַשָּׂ֔ר וְעִמּוֹ֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אָֽלֶף׃

Transliteration

And-ʾēlleh p̄əquddāṯām to-ḇêṯ ʾăḇôṯêhem to-Yəhûḏāh śārê ʾălāp̄îm ʿAḏnāh the-haśśār and-with-him gibbôrê ḥayil šəlōš mēʾôṯ ʾālep̄

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative, plural - 'these'
*p̄əquddāṯām*: noun, feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine plural - 'their mustering/numbering'
*ḇêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'house of'
*ʾăḇôṯêhem*: noun, masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine plural - 'their fathers'
*Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - 'Judah'
*śārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - 'commanders of'
*ʾălāp̄îm*: noun, masculine plural - 'thousands'
*ʿAḏnāh*: proper noun - 'Adnah'
*haśśār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'the commander'
*gibbôrê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - 'mighty ones of'
*ḥayil*: noun, masculine singular - 'strength/might/valor'
*šəlōš*: cardinal number, feminine - 'three'
*mēʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - 'hundreds'
*ʾālep̄*: noun, masculine singular - 'thousand'

Word Meanings

*p̄əquddāṯām*: their mustering/numbering/enrollment/accounting
*śārê ʾălāp̄îm*: commanders of thousands/captains over thousands
*gibbôrê ḥayil*: mighty men of valor/powerful warriors/valiant fighters

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:2 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Num 1:2 : 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
Num 1:18 : 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
2 Chr 11:1 : 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 Chr 13:3 : 3 And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
2 Chr 14:8 : 8 And Asa had an army that bare bucklers 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 valor.
2 Chr 26:13 : 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.

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2 Chr 17:15-19
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15and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
16and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
17And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
18and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.
19These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Num 1:26-27
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26Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
27those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
2 Chr 14:8
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8And Asa had an army that bare bucklers 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 valor.
1 Chr 7:11
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11All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
2 Chr 25:5
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5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
1 Chr 21:5
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5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
2 Chr 17:13
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1 Chr 7:9
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2 Chr 26:12-13
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1 Chr 12:34
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2 Chr 13:3
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1 Chr 5:18
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1 Chr 12:30
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1 Chr 27:1
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Num 31:36
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