Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.

“Now those who will be camping ¹  on the east, toward the sunrise, ²  are the divisions ³  of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is ⁴  Nahshon son of Amminadab.

The men journeyed ¹  through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans. ¹ 

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen. ¹ 

for you are still influenced by the flesh. ¹  For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? ² 

You and Aaron are to number ¹  all in Israel who can serve in the army, ²  those who are ³  twenty years old or older, ⁴  by their divisions. ⁵ 

“The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel ¹  at the front.

All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, are 108,100. They will travel third.

“But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you. ¹ 

¹ These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority ²  of Moses and Aaron.

David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. ¹ 

These were the traveling arrangements ¹  of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. ² 

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.

David again assembled ¹  all the best ²  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

Bakbukiah and Unni, ¹  their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

He made the moon to mark the months, ¹  and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. ² 

“This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, ¹  TEQEL, and PHARSIN. ²