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JPSThe whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred.
ASVThe whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
DRAAnd the whole number of the chiefs by the families of valiant men were two thousand six hundred.
YLTThe whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour [is] two thousand and six hundred;
DrbyThe whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred.
RVThe whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred.
SLTAll the number of the heads of the fathers to the strong ones of power, two thousand and six hundred.
WbstrThe whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred.
KJB-1769The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
KJB-1611The whole number of the chiefe of the fathers of the mightie men of valour, were two thousand and sixe hundred. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
GnvaThe whole nomber of the chiefe of the families of the valiant men were two thousande and sixe hundreth. (The whole number of the chief of the families of the valiant men were two thousand and six hundredth. )
ClVgOmnisque numerus principum per familias, virorum fortium duorum millium sexcentorum. (Omnisque number of_the_princes through families, of_men braveumtworum thousands sexcentorum. )
26:11-14 Uzziah’s large and well-equipped army enabled him to expand and defend his territory. His name has been found on a fragmentary text of Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria, identifying Uzziah as head of a coalition.
The long, concurrent reigns of Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah (also called Azariah) of Judah marked a period of resurgence after their nations had suffered nearly sixty years of decline and unrest. By the time both kings ascended to the throne in 793 B.C. and 792 B.C., Moab had revolted from Israel and seized land belonging to the tribe of Reuben (2 Kings 1:1; see “The Nation of Moab and the Tribe of Reuben”), and Edom and Libnah had revolted from Judah (2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-11; see “Edom and Libnah Revolt”). Jehu then brutally overthrew Ahab’s dynasty, but he later suffered the loss of all Gilead to the rising power of Aram (2 Kings 1:1; 3:1-27; 8:12; 10:32-33; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10; see “Aram Captures Gilead”). Soon after this, however, the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (who may be the “savior” of 2 Kings 13:5) attacked Aram, but then he withdrew, thus creating a power vacuum to the north. Jeroboam of Israel took advantage of this opportunity and captured much of Aram, though it is unclear how firmly he held Aram or for how long. During this same time, king Uzziah of Judah captured the Red Sea port city of Elath in the far south, which belonged to Edom, and he also attacked the Arabs of Gur, who were likely located nearby. He also attacked the Meunites who lived in Seir, the formerly Edomite region south of the Judean Negev, though the Meunites themselves do not appear to have been Edomites. The Meunites are probably the same as the “Maonites” mentioned in Judges 10:12, and they also joined the Moabite alliance that attacked king Jehoshaphat of Judah (2 Chronicles 20). About a century after Uzziah’s time, during the reign of Hezekiah, some Simeonites attacked some Meunites in the Negev and seized their land (1 Chronicles 4:41-43). According to the Septuagint, the Meunites also paid Uzziah tribute (2 Chronicles 26:7-8), and Uzziah likely captured some of the Meunites and gave them as servants for the Temple of the Lord, which appears to have been a common practice in Israel since the time of Moses and Joshua (see Numbers 31:30; Joshua 9:27; Ezra 8:20). Their descendants are listed among the “Nethinim,” who served at the Temple during time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52). Uzziah also attacked the Philistine cities of Gath, Ashdod, and Jabneh and established other cities throughout Philistia. He built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the Angle as well as towers in the wilderness. He also dug many cisterns to store water for his large herds, both in the Shephelah (the foothills near Gath) and in the plain. He also had large farms and vineyards and strengthened Judah’s army. As far as moral leadership, the writer of Kings deems Jeroboam as a bad king for allowing idolatry to continue in Israel, but Uzziah is deemed as good, though he later sinned and was afflicted with leprosy for making an offering on the altar of incense.
