Conscription and census — 'Moreover, Amaziah assembled the people of Judah, and organized them by families under commanders of the thousands and the hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were three hundred thousand picked troops fit for war' (ויקבץ אמציה את יהודה וַיַּעֲמִידֵם לַמִּשְׁמַר לְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וּלְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת לְכֹל יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וַיִּפְקֹד אוֹתָם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַמָּעְלָה וַיִּמְצָא אוֹתָם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת־אֶלֶף בָּחוּר יוֹצֵא חַיִל). Amaziah conducts a military muster, organizing by provinces and commanders. The figure 300,000 elite troops (שׁלשׁ מאות אלף בחור יוצא חיל) represents substantial military capacity. The organization reflects administrative sophistication; the census demonstrates monarchical control and resource mobilization.

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