| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 14:8:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִי־לְאָסָ֗אvayehileasaand there was to Asa or and Asa had 2 Chronicles 14:8:2 ⧉חַ֖יִלkhayilan army or force 2 Chronicles 14:8:3 ⧉נֹשֵׂ֣אnosebearing or carrying 2 Chronicles 14:8:4 ⧉צִנָּ֣הtsinnaa large shield 2 Chronicles 14:8:5 ⧉וָרֹ֣מַח֒varomakhand a spear 2 Chronicles 14:8:6 ⧉מִֽיהוּדָ֗הmiyehudafrom Judah 2 Chronicles 14:8:7 ⧉שְׁלֹ֥שׁsheloshthree 2 Chronicles 14:8:8 ⧉מֵא֖וֹתmeothundreds 2 Chronicles 14:8:9 ⧉אֶ֣לֶףelefthousand 2 Chronicles 14:8:10 ⧉וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןumibinyaminand from Benjamin 2 Chronicles 14:8:11 ⧉נֹשְׂאֵ֤יnossebearers of or carrying {plural construct} 2 Chronicles 14:8:12 ⧉מָגֵן֙magena shield 2 Chronicles 14:8:13 ⧉וְדֹ֣רְכֵיvedorkheand drawing or bending {construct plural} 2 Chronicles 14:8:14 ⧉קֶ֔שֶׁתkesheta bow 2 Chronicles 14:8:15 ⧉מָאתַ֥יִםmaatayimtwo hundred 2 Chronicles 14:8:16 ⧉וּשְׁמֹנִ֖יםushemonimand eighty 2 Chronicles 14:8:17 ⧉אָ֥לֶףalefthousand 2 Chronicles 14:8:18 ⧉כֻּֽל־אֵ֖לֶּהkuleleall these 2 Chronicles 14:8:19 ⧉גִּבּ֣וֹרֵיgibboremighty men of {construct} 2 Chronicles 14:8:20 ⧉חָ֑יִל׃khayilvalor or strength |
| 8. Formal Translation And Asa had an army bearing large shields and spears from Judah—300,000—and from Benjamin, shield bearers and bowmen, 280,000; all were mighty warriors. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, outfitted with bows and shields. All these were brave warriors. |