The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 17:14 Explained

2 Chronicles 17:14

KJV: 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.

YLT: And these are their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs.

Darby: And these are the numbers of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valour;

ASV: And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 2 Chronicles 17:14 Mean?

Study Notes

three hundred thousand
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fell in one day
Cf. Numbers 25:9 . A discrepancy has been imagined. 1 Corinthians 10:8 . gives the number of deaths in "one day"; Numbers 25:9 , the total number of deaths "in the plague." Some discrepant statements concerning numbers are, however, found in the existing manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures. These are most naturally ascribed to the fact that the Hebrews used letters in the place of numerals. The letters for Koph to Tau express hundreds up to four hundred. Five certain Hebrew letters, written in a different form, carry hundreds up to nine hundred, while thousands are expressed by two dots over the proper unit letter: e.g. the letter Teth, used alone, stands for 9; with two dots it stands for nine thousand. Error in transcription of Hebrew numbers thus becomes easy, preservation of numerical accuracy difficult.

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 17

1  Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigns well, and prospers
7  He sends Levites with the princes to teach Judah
10  His enemies being terrified by God, some of them bring him presents and tribute
12  His greatness, captains, and armies

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 17:14 mean?

And these [are] their numbers according to houses their fathers' of Judah the captains of thousands Adnah the captain and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand -
וְאֵ֥לֶּה פְקֻדָּתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם לִֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׂרֵ֣י אֲלָפִ֔ים עַדְנָ֣ה הַשָּׂ֔ר וְעִמּוֹ֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אָֽלֶף ס

וְאֵ֥לֶּה  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
פְקֻדָּתָ֖ם  their  numbers 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פְּקֻדָּה  
Sense: oversight, care, custody, mustering, visitation, store.
לְבֵ֣ית  according  to  houses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לִֽיהוּדָה֙  of  Judah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
שָׂרֵ֣י  the  captains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: סָרַר 
Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
אֲלָפִ֔ים  of  thousands 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
עַדְנָ֣ה  Adnah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַדְנָה 
Sense: a Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined David at Ziklag.
הַשָּׂ֔ר  the  captain 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סָרַר 
Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
וְעִמּוֹ֙  and  with  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חַ֔יִל  of  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation