2 Chronicles 25:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ But a prophet went to the king and said to him, “Don't take these Israelite soldiers with you. The Lord is not with these people from the Northern Kingdom. ⁸ You may think that they will make you stronger^[a] in battle, but it is God who has the power to give victory or defeat, and he will let your enemies defeat you.”

⁹ Amaziah asked the prophet, “But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?”

The prophet replied, “The Lord can give you back more than that!”