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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Families. The officers were well acquainted with their soldiers; ( Calmet.) and all were more interested for each other’s welfare, ( D.) than they are in the present system. Calmet.—Young. Prot. “choice men, able to go.” Bible.
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