2 Chronicles 8:9

8:9 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ¹  the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ² 

2 Chronicles 12:10

12:10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ³  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

2 Chronicles 17:14

17:14 These were their divisions by families:

There were a thousand officers from Judah. ⁴  Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

2 Chronicles 18:30

18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; ⁵  fight only the king of Israel!”

2 Chronicles 23:9

23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields ⁶  that were kept in God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 30:12

30:12 In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the Lord’s command. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 32:6

32:6 He appointed military officers over the army ⁸  and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, ⁹  saying,

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¹ tn Heb “and from the sons of Israel which Solomon did not assign to the laborers for his work.”

² tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

³ tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).

⁴ tn Or perhaps “from Judah, commanders of the thousands.”

⁵ tn Heb “small or great.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).

⁷ tn Heb “also in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and the officials by the word of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “and he placed officers of war over the people.”

⁹ tn Heb “he spoke to their heart[s].”