2 Chronicles 25:5 meaning and explanation
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
2 Chronicles 25:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Amaziah has just secured his throne and now musters Judah and Benjamin for war, organizing the men by ancestral families under commanders of thousands and hundreds. The Chronicler gives the number as 300,000 chosen troops, a figure likely meant to convey the size and order of the force rather than a precise census.
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