¹⁶ Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed,^(A) each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

²⁵ They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth^(A) was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it.

¹⁴ Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.^(A)