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C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 26:11

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.

2 Chronicles26:11

2Ch 26:11

His army. He had a host of fighting men that went out to war by bands (לגדוּד, in bands), “in the number of their muster by Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the steward (שׁטר), under Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.” The meaning is: that the mustering by which the host was arranged in bands or detachments for war service, was undertaken by (בּיד) two officials practised in writing and the making up of lists, who were given as assistants to Hananiah, one of the princes of the kingdom (יד על), or placed at his disposal.

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