| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 25:5:1 ⧉וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvayikbotsand he gathered 2 Chronicles 25:5:2 ⧉אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙amatsyahuAmaziah 2 Chronicles 25:5:3 ⧉אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔הetyehuda{direct object marker} Judah 2 Chronicles 25:5:4 ⧉וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣םvayaamidemand he set them 2 Chronicles 25:5:5 ⧉לְבֵית־אָב֗וֹתlevetavotby house of fathers 2 Chronicles 25:5:6 ⧉לְשָׂרֵ֤יlesareto commanders of 2 Chronicles 25:5:7 ⧉הָאֲלָפִים֙haalafimthe thousands 2 Chronicles 25:5:8 ⧉וּלְשָׂרֵ֣יulesareand to commanders of 2 Chronicles 25:5:9 ⧉הַמֵּא֔וֹתhameotthe hundreds 2 Chronicles 25:5:10 ⧉לְכָל־יְהוּדָ֖הlekholyehudafor all Judah 2 Chronicles 25:5:11 ⧉וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminand Benjamin 2 Chronicles 25:5:12 ⧉וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗םvayifkedemand he mustered them 2 Chronicles 25:5:13 ⧉לְמִבֶּ֨ןlemibenfrom a son of 2 Chronicles 25:5:14 ⧉עֶשְׂרִ֤יםesherimtwenty 2 Chronicles 25:5:15 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Chronicles 25:5:16 ⧉וָמַ֔עְלָהvamalaand upward 2 Chronicles 25:5:17 ⧉וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗םvayimtsaemand he found them 2 Chronicles 25:5:18 ⧉שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֨וֹתsheloshmeotthree hundred 2 Chronicles 25:5:19 ⧉אֶ֤לֶףelefthousand 2 Chronicles 25:5:20 ⧉בָּחוּר֙bakhurchoice young man 2 Chronicles 25:5:21 ⧉יוֹצֵ֣אyotsegoing out 2 Chronicles 25:5:22 ⧉צָבָ֔אtsavaarmy or host 2 Chronicles 25:5:23 ⧉אֹחֵ֖זokhezholding 2 Chronicles 25:5:24 ⧉רֹ֥מַחromakhspear 2 Chronicles 25:5:25 ⧉וְצִנָּֽה׃vetsinaand shield |
| 5. Formal Translation Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and set commanders over thousands and over hundreds according to their fathers’ houses throughout all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those from twenty years old and upward and found 300,000 choice men, fit to go out to war, able to handle spear and shield. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and organized them by their family groups under commanders of thousands and hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those aged twenty and up and found 300,000 men ready for service, each equipped with spear and shield. |