2nd Chronicles Chapter 17 verse 19 Holy Bible
These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
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These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.
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These were they that waited on the king, besides those that the king had put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
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These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
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These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
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These `are' those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - These waited; Hebrew, הַמְשָׁרְתִים, plur. piel part. of שָׁרַת. The verse states that this enormous fivefold army, with its five princes (counting, in our corrupt text, one million one hundred and sixty thousand), was the king's Jerusalem standing army, while other separate regiments or bands of troops were spread through all Judah, where they might be most needed for defence.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) These waited on the king.--Rather, these are they that ministered unto the king, viz., the five generals above named.Beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities--i.e., the commandants of the fortresses of the kingdom (2Chronicles 11:11; 2Chronicles 11:23). These latter, as well as the generals of the forces, are called the king's "ministers" (m?sh?r?thim)--a word which is not used of service in the field, but implies their presence at court ("in Jerusalem," 2Chronicles 17:13, as the royal staff).According to the above list, the army of Jehoshaphat was organised in five grand divisions, corresponding perhaps to five territorial divisions of the southern kingdom. The totals are the largest assigned to the two tribes anywhere in the Old Testament; viz., Judah 780,000, and Benjamin 380,000; in all, 1,160,000. At David's census Judah had 500,000 warriors (2Samuel 24:9); and Israel 800,000. Again, in 2Chronicles 14:8, Asa's army consists of 300,000 men of Judah and 280,000 Benjaminites: clearly such an increase as our text indicates is unaccountable. At the same time, it is equally clear that the present numbers are not fortuitous results of clerical errors, for they follow each other in the order of relative strength: Judah, 300,000, 280,000, 200,000; Benjamin, 200,000, 180,000; and they are evidently not independent of the estimates of 2Chronicles 14:8 above quoted. . . .
