2 Chronicles 9:15

9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

2 Chronicles 11:12

11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 14:8

14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.


tn The Hebrew text has simply “600,” with no unit of measure given.

tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”

tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”