2 Chronicles 26:14

12 The total number of¹ chief officers of the mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred.

13 And under their authority was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

14 Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones.

15 And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by ^askillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.

The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride

16 But ^awhen he was strong his heart was ^blifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God ^cby entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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Barnes' Notes

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2 Chronicles 26:14

The sling was used in war by the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Greeks, Romans, and others. Its employment by the Benjamites appears from Judges 20:16, and by the ten tribes, a century before Uzziah, from II Kings 3:25.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Chronicles 26:14:

Job 41:26
Isaiah 1:1
Amos 9:11

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