John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:16
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri ,.... He encamped next to him, as the Targum: who willingly offered himself unto the Lord ; to fight the Lord's battles, and without any stipend, as some think; or, as Kimchi, he offered gold and silver to the treasures of the house of the Lord: and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour ; the number was 80,000 less than the former; the whole of Judah amounted to 780,000 men. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:10-19
We have here a further account of Jehoshaphat's great prosperity and the flourishing state of his kingdom. I. He had good interest in the neighbouring princes and nations. Though he was not perhaps so great a soldier as David (which might have made him their terror), nor so great a scholar as Solomon (which might have made him their oracle), yet the fear of the Lord fell so upon them (that is, God so influenced and governed their spirits) that they had all a reverence for him, 2 Chron. 17:10.... read more