Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

Eight hundred

Bible References

Set

1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

Four hundred

2 Chronicles 11:1
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
2 Chronicles 17:14
This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;
2 Chronicles 26:12
The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.
1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

Eight hundred

2 Chronicles 14:9
And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain