And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
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Gill's Exposition
And these are the numbers of them, according to the house of their fathers,.... Both of the tribe of Judah and of Benjamin: and first
of Judah, the captains of thousands; some had 1000 men under…
Barnes' Notes
The captains of thousands; Adnah the chief - literally, “princes of thousands, Adnah the prince.” The writer does not mean that Adnah (or Johohanan, 2Ch 17:15) was in any way superior to the other…
Adam Clarke
Adnah, the chief - He was generalissimo of all this host. These are the numbers of the five battalions: under Adnah, three hundred thousand; Jehohanan, two hundred and eighty thousand, Amasiah, two…
We have here a further account of Jehoshaphat's great prosperity and the flourishing state of his kingdom.
I. He had good interest in the neighbouring princes and nations. Though he was not perhaps so…
Cambridge Bible
theseare the numbers of them R.V. this was the numbering of them.
the house of their fathers R.V. their fathers" houses.
Adnah the chief R.V. Adnah the captain; cp. 2Ch 17:15, Jehohanan the captain.
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