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2 Chronicles 17:16
and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator lists military commanders and troop numbers during King Jehoshaphat’s reign. Amasiah appears in this sequence immediately after Jehohanan and before Eliada.
The words — The text uses מִתְנַדֵּב (mit.na.Dev), literally "volunteer" or "willing one," to describe Amasiah’s status before noting his force size.
The thread — The concept of willing volunteers appears in Judges 5:9 and Judges 5:2, where the people’s voluntary participation prompts praise, and in 1 Chronicles 29:9, where leaders’ willing giving brings rejoicing.
Why it lands — The verse states that a portion of Jehoshaphat’s army consisted of personnel who dedicated themselves voluntarily to Yahweh. It requires the reader to recognize voluntary service as a distinct category within the recorded military structure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
Cross-references
- Judges 5:9 My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:2 “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 29:9 And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- Psalms 110:3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3 For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.