2 Chronicles 17:19

19 These were servants of the king, besides those whom the king had put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 17:19

These waited on the king
Not this vast number of men at one time, but in course, as David's military men waited on him, ( 1 Chronicles 27:1-15 ) or each of these captains, with a proper number of men under them detached from the body; and they were all ready to obey the king's orders whenever he should have occasion for them:

besides those whom the king put into the fenced cities throughout
Judah;
and all together, the militia of the kingdom was very numerous and formidable.

2 Chronicles 17:19 In-Context

17 of Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

18 after him, Jehozabad and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready and prepared for the war.

19 These were servants of the king, besides those whom the king had put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.