So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.

There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem,

From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also respected.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,000 skilled warriors.

From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents of silver.

The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

and his colleagues who were exceptional men – 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,