2 Chronicles 26:14

14 And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, ¹coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

2 Chronicles 26:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 26:14

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host
For every soldier in the army:

shields and spears;
defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies:

and helmets, and habergeons;
the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body:

and bows;
to shoot arrows out of:

and slings to cast stones;
at which the Benjaminites formerly were very expert.

2 Chronicles 26:14 In-Context

12 The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600.

13 Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

14 And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

15 In Jerusalem he made engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

16 But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 4:16