Bible Verses About Armies

next to him Y'hochanan the leader, and with him 280,000;

next to him 'Amasyah the son of Zikhri, who volunteered to serve ADONAI, and with him 200,000 strong, brave men.

From Binyamin: Elyada, a strong, brave man, and with him 200,000 equipped with bows and shields;

next to him Y'hozavad, and with him 180,000 prepared for war.

These served the king, in addition to those the king assigned to the fortified cities throughout all Y'hudah.

Amatzyahu assembled Y'hudah together and put them in order by clans under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds - all Y'hudah and Binyamin. He registered everyone twenty years old and older, and found that there were 300,000 select troops able to go to war, capable of using spears and shields.

He also hired 100,000 strong, brave men from Isra'el for three-and-a-third tons of silver.

'Uziyahu had a standing army of fit soldiers divided into units according to the census taken by the secretary Ye'i'el and the officer Ma'aseiyah, under the direction of Hananyah, one of the king's officials.

The total number of clan heads over these strong, brave men was 2,600.

They directed a trained army of 307,500 fighting men, a strong force supporting the king in war against the enemy.

'Uziyahu equipped them, the whole army, with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.

In Yerushalayim he built devices designed by experts for the towers and angles, from which to shoot arrows and lob large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was miraculously helped, until he became strong.

A song. A psalm of Asaf: God, don't remain silent! Don't stay quiet, God, or still;

because here are your enemies, causing an uproar; those who hate you are raising their heads,

craftily conspiring against your people, consulting together against those you treasure.

They say, "Come, let's wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Isra'el be remembered no more!"

With one mind they plot their schemes; the covenant they have made is against you

the tents of Edom and the Yishma'elim, Mo'av and the Hagrim,

G'val, 'Amon and 'Amalek, P'leshet with those living in Tzor; (Selah)

Ashur too is allied with them, to reinforce the descendants of Lot.

Do to them as you did to Midyan, to Sisra and Yavin at Vadi Kishon

they were destroyed at 'Ein-Dor and became manure for the ground.

Make their leaders like 'Orev and Ze'ev, all their princes like Zevach and Tzalmuna,

who said, "Let's take possession of God's meadows for ourselves."

During the days of Achaz the son of Yotam, the son of 'Uziyahu, king of Y'hudah, Retzin the king of Aram and Pekach the son of Remalyah, king of Isra'el, advanced on Yerushalayim to attack it but were unable to conquer it.