2 Chronicles 17:15

15 and next to him Yehochanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;

2 Chronicles 17:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 17:15

And next to him was Jehohanan the captain
Being of the same rank as to office, but having a lesser number of men under him; and it may respect not any kind of subordination, only nearness of place, as the Targum,

``he that encamped next to him''

and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
which number was but 20,000 less than the former.

2 Chronicles 17:15 In-Context

13 He had many works in the cities of Yehudah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Yerushalayim.

14 This was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Yehudah, the captains of thousands: `Adnach the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;

15 and next to him Yehochanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;

16 and next to him `Amasyah the son of Zikhri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

17 Of Binyamin: Elyada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;