And under their hand was an army , three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
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Gill's Exposition
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae",…
Barnes' Notes
Compare 2Ch 25:5. It will be seen that Uzziah had not added much to the military strength of the nation by his conquests. His army exceeds that of his father Amaziah by 7,500 men only.
We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah: -
I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He kept up the pure…
Cambridge Bible
an army R.V. a trained army.
three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred This total corresponds roughly with the 300,000 men who formed Amaziah's army; 2Ch 25:5. Cp. note on 2Ch 14:8…
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