2 Chronicles 25:5
Context25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 1 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 2 equipped with spears and shields. 3
2 Chronicles 34:28
Context34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 4 You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.


[25:5] 1 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.
[25:5] 2 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
[25:5] 3 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”
[34:28] 4 tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”