2 Chronicles 17:17
Good News Translation
The commander of the troops from the clans of Benjamin was Eliada, an outstanding soldier, in command of 200,000 men armed with shields and bows.

New Revised Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,

Contemporary English Version
Eliada was a brave warrior who commanded the troops from Benjamin. He had 200,000 soldiers under his command, all of them armed with bows and shields.

New American Bible
From Benjamin: Eliada, a valiant warrior, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and buckler.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.

armed men

2 Chronicles 14:8 And Asa had in his army of men that bore shields and spears of Juda three hundred thousand, and of Benjamin that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand, all these were most valiant men.

2 Samuel 1:21,22 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil. . . .

Context
Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
16And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men. 17After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.18After him also was Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war.…
Cross References
Numbers 1:36
Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

2 Chronicles 17:16
And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men.

2 Chronicles 17:18
After him also was Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war.

2 Chronicles 17:16
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