OET interlinear 2 CHR 25:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) gathered Judah together

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Here “Judah” refers to the people who lived in Judah. Alternate translation: [gathered the people of Judah together]

(Occurrence 0) registered them … numbered them

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

He had someone write their names on an official list.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) by their ancestors’ houses

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Here the word “houses” is a metonym for the families that lived in them. Alternate translation: [by their ancestors’ families]

Note 3 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

This could mean: (1) these numbers represent the exact amount of soldiers that these commanders led. Alternate translation: [commanders of 1,000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers] or (2) the words translated as [thousands] and “hundreds” do not represent exact numbers, but are the names of larger and smaller military divisions. Alternate translation: [commanders of large military divisions and commanders of smaller military divisions] See how you translated a similar phrase in [2 Chronicles 1:2](../01/02.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) all of Judah and Benjamin

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Here “Judah” and “Benjamin” refer to the people who lived in the wider kingdom of Judah. Alternate translation: [all the people of Judah and Benjamin]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) twenty years old and upward

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Here numbers that were larger than twenty are spoken of as if they were higher. Alternate translation: [20 years old and older]

(Occurrence 0) found them to be

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Alternate translation: [learned that there were]

Note 6 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) 300,000

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

“three hundred thousand”

(Occurrence 0) chosen men

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_assembled ʼAmaʦ^yāh DOM Yehuda and,he,appointed_them to_[the],house_of ancestral to,the_commanders_of of,the_thousands and,to,the_commanders_of of,the_hundreds to/from=all/each/any/every Yehuda and,Benjamin and,he,enrolled_them (to)_from,a,son_of twenty year and,upward,upwards and,he,found_them three hundreds thousand choice serve war handle spear and,a_body_shield )

Alternate translation: [capable soldiers] or [skilled warriors]